Hospitals boss impressed with performance

Gillian Fairfield

Staff’s commitment evident as national targets are met

AROUND £1.5 million a day is spent on healthcare services by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, according to a new report.

The trust, which includes the Royal Oldham Hospital, has published its Quality Accounts Report for 2013-14 detailing the quality of the health care services it provides.

The report, which is available online, focuses on the performance and work undertaken to improve patient safety, clinical effectiveness and the patient experience.

In 2013-14 the trust, which also runs North Manchester General Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, services at Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale, and also some community services for North Manchester, spent over half a billion pounds (about £1.5 million per day) providing health services for local people.

It also invested £16.2 million on capital programmes and in maintaining and improving the buildings and infrastructure, as well as on smaller projects to develop frontline clinical services.

Across the year the trust dealt with 307,622 accident and emergency (urgent care) cases, 637,843 outpatients, 121,118 inpatients and 72,511 day cases.

More than 9,800 babies were delivered and community staff made 148,340 visits to patients in their own homes.

Trust chief executive Dr Gillian Fairfield said: “The board of directors and our staff are committed to providing high quality standards of care for our patients and their families across our hospitals and community services.

“This means all of us across the organisation focusing on providing services that are safe, effective, and are of a high standard, ensuring our patients have an excellent experience of care and receive outstanding service and the best clinical outcomes.”
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