EXCLUSIVE: Greater Manchester's NHS is going into the equivalent of 'special measures' from next month
Greater Manchester’s NHS is being plunged into ‘special measures’, according to a staff briefing, the Manchester Evening News can reveal.
NHS Greater Manchester is being put on a ‘system improvement plan’, involving a set of ‘formalised agreed actions’ to be ‘delivered within a specific timeframe’.The M.E.N. understands from a number of sources that these measures are the equivalent of going into special measures for the region’s NHS system, and will likely be coming into force next month. The staff briefing reads: “NHS Greater Manchester is still a relatively new organisation which continues to grow in maturity.
“An ICB programme team will be dedicated to delivering this plan, and overseen by a system improvement board . This is a process referred to legally as ‘Enforcement Undertakings’ and it is anticipated that this intervention will provide the regional team with a greater level of assurance on our progress.”
The region’s NHS said the reasons include ‘the ongoing impact of industrial action’ as NHS staff have been on strike for much of the last year, the cost of bank and agency staff needed to fill shortages, and the rising costs of both prescription drugs and ward beds for mental health patients. The regional organisation has been at that level of debt for months – all while trying to pay the regular bills for medical care and drugs being delivered across the 10 boroughs.
The ICSs are legally bound to plan and fund most NHS services in the areas they control – including NHS workforce planning. The systems are also required to bring together a broad range of organisations which have an influence on people’s health – including councils, voluntary groups, charities, and a host of NHS staff – to create a strategy to tackle public health and social care in each area.
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