Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 043 (a)
• Merge the divisions of Surgery A and Anaesthetics and Critical Care creating a single
division of Surgery, Anaesthetics and Critical Care.
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provide greater critical mass than the current small division of Anaesthetics
and Critical Care is able to manage;
support closer integration of anaesthetics, theatres and surgery thereby
supporting improved use of theatres;
provide opportunities to support the development of clinical directorates in
surgery, anaesthetics and critical care.
• Review the structures in IM&T, Elective Access and Operations including:
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establishing a single Director of IM&T reporting to the COO to replace the
current arrangement of two deputy directors reporting directly to the COO.
Transferring responsibility for Elective Access from IM&T to the Deputy COO’s
portfolio.
It is intended to have these changes operational from 1 st April 2010. Significant savings will
be generated which are detailed in the relevant sections of the Cost Improvement
Programme for 2010/11.
The resulting divisional structure including clinical directorates is set out in appendix A.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This paper has summarised changes to the Trust’s Executive Team and operational
management structure in light of our current circumstances and future direction of travel.
Trust Board is recommended to
1. NOTE the changes to the Executive Team and the Trust’s operational management
structure.
2. NOTE that the savings generated by the changes will contribute to the Cost
Improvement Programme for 2010/11.
John Adler
Chief Executive
Richard Kirby
Chief Operating Officer
18 th February 2010
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