2000 - 2001 - Central Manchester University Hospitals - NHS ...

Following a comprehensive public consultation exercise, the
Manchester Children’s Hospitals and Central Manchester
Healthcare NHS Trusts were brought together to form the Central
Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS
Trust, which was established on the 1st April 2001. The merger
has provided the best opportunity for the £250m adult and
children’s services re-development in central Manchester to be
successfully delivered through the Government’s Private Finance
Initiative.
In addition to the preparatory work undertaken by the Trust
Merger Project Team, we should recognise the leadership
provided by the acting Directors and the contribution made by all
staff in continuing to maintain and develop services whilst
making the merger as seamless as possible. The development of
organisational arrangements will continue through 2001/2002.
The Trust will face some exciting challenges in delivering the
Government’s modernisation agenda, the national NHS Plan,
implementation of National Service Frameworks and we look
forward to working closely with the newly formed Primary Care
Trusts.
During 2001, three short-listed bidders were identified to
progress the development of the new adult and children’s
hospital facilities. A decision on the preferred partner will be
made by the Trust Board in early 2002. Work will then begin on
what will eventually become one of the most comprehensive and
exciting healthcare facilities in Europe.
The Children’s Hospital and the Medical wing should be
completed in 2006, with the Eye Hospital and women’s health
facilities finished two years after that.
The Commission for Health Improvement will visit the Trust
during September and we welcome the opportunity of working
with them to develop and improve our services.
The year ahead will see a number of major service developments
and improvements. On the Central site in September, to
accommodate the transfer of services from Withington Hospital,
a £9.7m acute medical unit with twin day-case theatre suite will
open; a £6m, 706 space multi-storey car park will be completed
in December to ease the car park congestion caused through
increased activity and site development.
Work has commenced on the £6.2m extension to the Clinical
Sciences Building to re-provide an automation laboratory,
Cytology Services transferred from The Christie Hospital and the
Public Health Laboratory from Withington Hospital. This is
scheduled to open in August 2002. Booth Hall Children’s
Hospital has successfully bid for a state-of-the-art CT Scanner
from the Government’s Modernisation monies which will be
operational in November. By 2002 a £750k replacement
cardio-catheterisation laboratory will have been installed at
the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
These new developments will enable our excellent and dedicated
staff to continue to deliver a first class service. We are proud
that throughout this busy period of change they have continued
to deliver such high standards of care to our patients.
Peter W. Mount
Chairman
Mike Deegan
Chief Executive
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Annual Report 2000 ~ 2001