Foundation Trust Application
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has been attempting to become a Foundation NHS Trust since 2007 (See NHS Foundation Trust). This would give greater powers over budgets and spending, and would allow the local public, and staff to be members, giving members a voice on issues in the management of the Trust. FTs are part of the NHS and are committed to its core principles of treating NHS patients according to their clinical need, free at the point of delivery. They are membership organisations free from central government control.
FTs have more freedom to decide how to run their affairs and deliver services and are accountable to local communities and partner organisations for how they run and deliver those services. Becoming an FT is an important development for the Trust and to survive into the future, the organisation must complete a successful application before April 2013.
The Trust wants the local population to be involved in the future of our organisation both by responding through a formal consultation process and into the future by becoming a Member, or even a Governor, of the Trust. They want to listen to your views on their plans and look forward to receiving responses to the key questions, posed throughout the documents. Further information can be obtained http://www.elht.nhs.uk/index.php/aboutus/275/
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