Trust Board Febuary 2010 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

SWBTB (2/10) 045
ACTIONS REQUIRED, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATION:
The Trust Board is recommended to:
• AGREE the business case for change.
• APPROVE the Project Steering Group’s recommended option i.e. Option 3.
• APPROVE the capital and revenue investment required to support Option 3 and the
Income and Expenditure analysis for Option 3.
• AGREE to the Project Steering Group’s undertaking further work to identify a way to
minimise the time between reconfiguring consultant led/high risk births to City
Hospital and opening a stand alone Birth Centre in Sandwell without delaying the
reconfiguration of consultant led/high risk births. This may require additional capital
investment by the Trust or PCT and additional revenue relating to capital charges
and facilities costs depending upon the final location.
• AGREE to a more detailed implementation plan being presented to the Trust Board
at its May meeting.
ALIGNMENT TO OBJECTIVES AND INSPECTION CRITERIA:
High Quality Care - We will provide the highest quality
clinical care. Our clinical outcomes will be amongst the best
Strategic objectives
of Trusts of our size and type. Patients and frontline staff will
be fully engaged in improving our services.
Annual priorities
NHS LA standards
Deliver significant improvements in the Trust’s maternity
services
Maternity NHSLA standards
Core Standards
Auditors’ Local Evaluation
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