STRUCTURE: West Midlands Ambulance Service is hoping for approval as a foundation trust during 2012-13.
Its application has been assessed by the Department of Health and was graded as a B, meaning that it will be passed to Monitor once satisfactory responses to questions have been received.
The trust already has nine appointed governors and is planning elections for public and staff governors.
Source: January board papers
January
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the trusts and partnerships which will receive capital funding worth around £900m for building developments.
More than a dozen NHS trusts in a devolution area have agreed to align their buying power for purchases costing more than £1m, HSJ can reveal.
The chief executive of NHS Improvement has called for “honesty” and “believability” in local five year plans due in 2019, saying there needs to be a “raising of the bar” on capacity and financial planning.
A former regional adviser for the Care Quality Commission has been appointed executive medical director at a community and mental health trust.
PATIENT SAFETY: An ambulance pilot that could have contributed to the death of at least one patient had no ‘risk assessment and limited risk management’, NHS England has concluded.
Commissioners warned that a controversial South East Coast Ambulance Foundation Trust pilot that added 10 minutes to some emergency response times may have contributed to the death of at least one patient, leaked emails seen by HSJ reveal.
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