Choose Well
The public are reminded that 999 services are for life-threatening illnesses and emergencies. If you are feeling under the weather or for less serious conditions or illnesses please speak to your GP or pharmacist, or contact NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 or online at
www.nhs.uk
NHS Foundation Trust
The Trust has produced a 5 minute film about its proposals to become an NHS Foundation Trust. We are asking our patients and the public to register to become a FT member and support your local hospitals. Membership is free, with no obligation and is open to anyone aged 14 and over who lives in England. The film is available on YouTube - click
here. For more information or to register with us to become a member visit
www.pat.nhs.uk/foundationtrust .
Quality Accounts Report 2010-11 (June 2011)
All NHS Trusts are required to publish an annual report called a Quality Account to the public on the quality of the health care services delivered. The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust’s Quality Accounts Report 2010-11 is now available. The Quality Accounts focus on the work in the Trust to improve patient safety, clinical effectiveness and the patient experience. The report can be found - click
here.
Care Quality Commission - statement of purpose
The Trust has developed a Statement of Purpose to support its registration with the Care Quality Commission. The Statement of Purpose details the services we provide set against the various criteria in the Care Quality Commission registration documents. Click
here to view the Statement of Purpose.
Delivering Same-Sex Accommodation - Declaration of compliance (March 2011)
Every patient has the right to receive high quality care that is safe, effective and respects their privacy and dignity.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to providing every patient with same sex accommodation, because it helps to safeguard their privacy and dignity when they are often at their most vulnerable.
The Trust is pleased to confirm that we are compliant with the Government’s requirement to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation, except when it is in the patient’s overall best interest, or reflects their personal choice.
We have the necessary facilities, resources and culture to ensure that patients who are admitted to our hospitals will only share the room where they sleep with members of the same sex, and same-sex toilets and bathrooms will be close to their bed area.
Sharing with members of the opposite sex will only happen when clinically necessary (for example where patients need specialist equipment such as in the intensive care unit) or when patients actively choose to share.
If our care should fall short of the required standard, we will report it. We will also set up an audit mechanism to make sure that we do not misclassify any of our reports. We will publish the results of that audit in the Annual Internal Audit Report.
Annual Report 2010/11
The Trust''s Annual Report and Accounts 2010/11 were formally adopted at its Annual Public Meeting, held on 13 September 2011. Click
here to view the report.