Annual report 2010/11 - East Cheshire NHS Trust

WelcomeWelcome from our chairman and chief executiveThis annual report outlines the successes and challengesfaced by East Cheshire NHS Trust during 2010/11. It alsorepresents a landmark in the provision of health services bythe trust as on 1 April 2011 community services previouslyprovided by the primary care trust were transferred toEast Cheshire NHS Trust with the ambition of improvingpatient care in future.Central to all the trust's objectives is to place the patient atthe centre of what we do and to ensure the continueddelivery of safe quality services to people when they needus. We have delivered further reductions in infection duringthe year and patient surveys continue to demonstrate highlevels of satisfaction from the users of our services. Indeed,during the year, trust staff have won national awards forthe care they provide.The skills and commitment of staff are fundamental inachieving our desire to provide quality services and our thanksgo to all staff who have worked for the trust during the year.This commitment was especially demonstrated duringDecember and January when the trust was under significantpressure in dealing with increased emergency admissionsduring the H1N1 outbreak. It is reassuring that the planningwork we undertake for such events proved successful duringthis period.satisfaction survey recently published and we look forward toimproving staff communication further.In line with many organisations the achievement of thefinancial duties was a major challenge and our thanks go toall the staff who were actively engaged in maximisingproductivity and reducing waste to allow this to take placeto generate savings of circa £6m.In the last six months of the year the trust worked with thecommunity services provider to integrate both organisations.The signing of the business transfer agreement on 31 March2011 was a major achievement and allows services to beredesigned reducing waste and duplication in the carepathways for patients. This work during 2011/12 will formthe bedrock for future service provision which will enable thetrust to make an application to the Secretary of State in 2012to become a foundation trust from 1 April 2013.We hope you find this report helpful and informative and ifyou want to gain further insight into our work you maywish to visit our website www.eastcheshire.nhs.ukLynn McGill, ChairmanJohn Wilbraham, Chief Executive4Recognising the importance of the contribution made bystaff we undertook a listening exercise giving the staff theopportunity to share their thoughts and suggestimprovements we could make. The project entitled “YourVoice” has led to a number changes within the organisation.It is also encouraging to note the improvement in the staff5