The Partnership, which oversees Hull’s two hospitals, was placed in special measures earlier this year
Hull Royal Infirmary is one of the Partnership’s hospitals (Image: Humber Health Partnership)
The NHS Humber Health Partnership, which oversees Hull’s hospitals, is set to move into the next phase of its organisational review. The partnership was placed in special measures by NHS England earlier this year.
The Partnership includes both the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG). It oversees five hospital sites across the Humber region:
- Hull Royal Infirmary
- Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham
- Goole and District Hospital
- Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby
- Scunthorpe General Hospital.
The organisation is undergoing a review supported by NHS England’s Intensive Recovery Programme, with independent input from Carnall Farrar. The review is, the Partnership says, to “help address long-standing structural challenges that the Partnership cannot resolve on its own”.
The first phase of the review has now concluded. It looked at the current organisational arrangements across the Partnership, the evidence relating to the current Group model, and the issues that now require more detailed consideration.
The next phase will take place over the summer and will involve more detailed work with clinical leaders, commissioners and partner organisations. This will include looking in more detail at whether the current operating model should change. For example they will look at whether the two trusts, HUTH and NLAG, should work more closely together, or whether different, more separate arrangements would better support patients, colleagues and long-term sustainability. The review is expected to conclude over the summer.
Alan Downey, Chair of Humber Health Partnership, said: “This is an important piece of work for the Partnership and for the communities we serve. The first phase has helped draw together the evidence and identify the questions that now need more detailed consideration. The next phase is about looking carefully at these questions, involving clinical leaders and key partners, and making sure any future proposals are evidence-based, realistic and focused on what is best for patients, colleagues and local communities.”
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Lyn Simpson, Group Chief Executive of Humber Health Partnership, said: “Since last summer, colleagues across the Partnership have been working together to build a clearer and more honest understanding of the challenges we need to address. That clinically led improvement work led to our Improvement Plan in January and continues to be central to how we move forward.
“This review is part of that journey. It is about making sure we have the right organisational arrangements in place to support safe, high-quality care, and long-term sustainability. The first phase has concluded, no decisions have been taken, and the next stage will involve further detailed work with clinical leaders, colleagues and partners.”
Fiona Edwards, NHS England North East and Yorkshire Regional Director, said: “The Partnership is dealing with challenges that are deep-rooted and structural, not simply operational. Lyn has brought openness, honesty and strong clinical leadership to this work since joining the Partnership.
“The clinically led Improvement Plan developed under her leadership has helped bring together, for the first time, a clearer shared understanding of the long-standing challenges facing HUTH and NLAG. NHS England is supporting the Partnership through the Intensive Recovery Programme because some of those challenges are deep-rooted and structural, not simply operational. The next phase of the review is about supporting the improvement journey Lyn and colleagues have already started, and making sure the Partnership has the right foundations in place for patients, staff and local communities over the long term.”
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