Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 045 (a)
Table 16 : Proposed Timetable – High Level
Expected Date of
Commencement
Expected Date of
Completion
Comments
Trust Boards’
approval of
preferred option
(Sandwell PCT,
SWBH, HoBtPCT)
Development of
Implementation
plan
Gateway Review
Trust Boards’
approval of
Implementation
Plan (Sandwell
PCT, SWBH,
HoBtPCT)
Review of all
clinical policies
and pathways for
intra-partum care
and consultant led
ante-natal care
Review of staffing
arrangements (i.e.
rotas, shift
patterns,
consultation with
individuals)
City
Refurbishment
Transfer of
Service
Decant of
Maternity Block at
Sandwell
Establishment of a
team of midwives
for the stand alone
Birth Centre
Stand alone Birth
Centre in Sandwell
End of February 2010
February 2010 End of April 2010
Preparation – February
2010
Early May 2010
End of May 2010
March 2010 End of September 2010
March 2010 November 2010
March 2010 following
Trust Board approval
April 2011 Summer 2011
April 2010 following
opening of co-located
Birth Centre (at City
Hospital)
To be confirmed once
location agreed
January 2011 with possibility
of bringing forward to October
2010 in line with clinical
safety concerns
January – April 2011
October 2011
Depends on risks and
feasibility of parallel work
streams
Depends on completion
and operational
commissioning of
refurbished areas at City
Hospital
Depends on location and
amount of building work
required. Sandwell PCT
are looking at options.
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