£30m of new funding for local hospitals

Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Over £30m of new funding has been secured for front line services, to support staff and to help pay for hundreds more doctors and nurse at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of The Trust staff confirmed that £20.5m of new additional money has been secured for 2017/18 to be used to support front line staff in the Trust’s four hospitals at Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and North Manchester.

The money will be used to pay for over 300 more nursing and midwifery staff over the next three years, 35 more doctors, 35 more Allied Health Professionals including clinical therapists, new medical equipment, £1m in new IT and information systems, and £2.5m in developing hospital site-based operational infrastructures.

Sir David said: “As part of our improvement work, we have listened to our nursing staff who have told us that we need to increase our nursing and midwifery staffing levels on our wards to ensure staff are supported and that patients are getting the very best care they need."

The money has been secured following support and agreement with the Trust’s four local healthcare commissioners (CCGs) in Bury, Oldham, North Manchester, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, and also with NHS England, NHS Improvement and the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership.

The Trust’s Improvement Plan is monitored by the Pennine Improvement Board and progress is discussed at the Trust’s public Board meetings.