Annual Report & Account 2008/2009
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Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust annual report & accounts (&&.%&/ Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2008/09 Presented to Parliament pursuant to Schedule 7, paragraph 25(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006 Contents* C o n t e n t s Welcome from the Chairman ..........................................................................................................................................6 Chief Executive’s Introduction .........................................................................................................................................7 Director’s Report .............................................................................................................................................................8 Our Committed Staff – Our Greatest Asset ...............................................................................................................9 Quality Report .........................................................................................................................................................10 How We Performed .................................................................................................................................................12 Our Future Developments .......................................................................................................................................24 Patient Care ............................................................................................................................................................26 Stakeholder Relations .............................................................................................................................................28 Finance ...................................................................................................................................................................30 Going Concern and NHS Foundation Trust Code of Governance ...................................................................................33 Our Board of Directors ..................................................................................................................................................34 Our Council of Governors .......................................................................................................................................38 Our Membership ....................................................................................................................................40 Public Interest Disclosures ................................................................................................................42 Working with Our Partners ...........................................................................................................46 Remuneration Report ..................................................................................................................48 Statement as to disclosure to auditors ....................................................................................49 Statement of Accounting Officer’s responsibilities as the accounting officer of Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust ........................................................50 Statement on Internal Control ......................................................................................51 Annual Accounts 2008/2009 ......................................................................................58 + Ekhc_ii_ed Jefhel_Z[[nY[bb[dj^[Wbj^YWh[ \ehmec[d"XWX_[iWdZj^[_h \Wc_b_[i_dWiW\["\h_[dZbo WdZYWh_d][dl_hedc[dj$ 9b[Whl_i_ed JeX[Wh[Ye]d_i[Zb[WZ[h_d ^[Wbj^YWh[\ehmec[d"XWX_[i WdZj^[_h\Wc_b_[i$ Welcome from the Chairman, Welcome from the Chairman I am delighted to welcome you to our also took shape for an ambitious redesign us from strength to strength. Annual Report for 2008/09. Whilst a detailed programme in maternity services which commentary on our performance for the year will be progressed during the coming year. Finally, I would like to pay tribute to our is set out in the Directors’ Report, I wanted Plus, in partnership with the University of dedicated and hardworking staff and to take the opportunity to share some Liverpool, the Trust is developing a new volunteers for their relentless drive to keep reflections and observations of my own. research facility, the Centre for Better Births, on improving services for women, babies and which will come to fruition in 2009/10. their families year after year: I am immensely 2008/09 was another successful year for proud of everyone. Liverpool Women’s. In October 2008 we It was also an eventful year for our were awarded the top rating of ‘excellent’ management team, with three of our I do hope you find the rest of the report both for financial management and ‘good’ Executive Directors moving to pastures new. interesting and informative. for quality of services by the Healthcare Our new Chief Executive, Kathryn Thomson Commission under its Annual Health Check has been with us since September 2008 assessment. Staff, patients and visitors began and is a most talented and able addition to to see the tangible benefits of our strong the Trust. I am confident that our other new financial performance in the shape of the appointments, to the posts of Director of building of an extension to our reproductive Finance and Director of Nursing, Midwifery Ken Morris medicine department, which once complete and Patient Quality, will be equally successful Ken Morris will be the largest IVF unit in Europe. Plans and that the new team will continue to take Chairman ?dEYjeX[h(&&.m[m[h[WmWhZ[Zj^[jefhWj_d]e\‘ ¼[nY[bb[dj½\ehÅdWdY_WbcWdW][c[djWdZ¼]eeZ½\eh gkWb_joe\i[hl_Y[iXoj^[>[Wbj^YWh[9ecc_ii_edkdZ[h ‘_ji7ddkWb>[Wbj^9^[YaWii[iic[dj$ Chief Executive’s Introduction- Chief Executive’s Introduction I am delighted to bring to you my first During the last year we have made some challenges and opportunities. Annual Report as Chief Executive of the great improvements to access for patients We bid a fond farewell to two of our Liverpool Women’s. The Liverpool Women’s and have successfully delivered on the Executive Directors, Sue Lorimer, Director of has an outstanding reputation for patient 18 week promise. Our emergency room Finance and Gill Core Director of Nursing, care and that was one of my key motivating staff continue to ensure that our patients Midwifery and Patient Quality and we wish are seen within four hours. We have also factors for accepting this post. Since I took them well in their new roles. had challenging new targets to achieve in up post in September I can clearly see relation to cancer patients and once again We recognise that we need to do more to why the Women’s is so very special to our our staff have worked together to improve increase our staff satisfaction and this will be patients, their families and our fantastic staff. waiting times. a priority for us over the next year. It is clear that everyone who works here We have continued to reap the rewards that Finally, I would like to say a big thank you is focussed on ensuring that our patients Foundation Trust status brings in regards to to all of our staff, partner organisations, receive the best possible care and treatment. increased autonomy, financial flexibility and volunteers and governors for their help and It is a privilege and an honour to be Chief a greater voice for our patients and public. support in ensuring that we continue to Executive of the Liverpool Women’s and In order to align our structure to our clinical be the number one provider of healthcare my focus is and will remain aligned with services and provide this flexibility and to women. Our reputation is built by the those of our staff: to ensure that all of our autonomy at local level we have undertaken people who work here, they are the jewel in a large scale change programme to develop patients, on every occasion, receive the best our crown and I pay great tribute to them. Clinical Business Units. These will become They are what make Liverpool Women’s a possible care, treatment and experience. fully operational in 2009/10. Change special place for our patients. We have some exciting times ahead in always creates additional work and at times terms of realising our ambitious plans for uncertainty and I would like to thank all of reproductive medicine, the redesign of our staff for embracing these changes so maternity pathways and our joint venture enthusiastically; we could not have done this Kathryn Thomson with Liverpool University, the Centre for without their support and it is an excellent Kathryn Thomson Better Births. measure of their understanding of the future Chief Executive I_dY[?jeeakffeij_dI[fj[cX[h?YWdYb[Whboi[[‘ m^oj^[Mec[d½i_iiel[hoif[Y_WbjeekhfWj_[dji"j^[_h ‘\Wc_b_[iWdZekh\WdjWij_YijW\\$ Directors’ Report. J^[8eWhZe\:_h[Yjehi_ifb[Wi[Zjefh[i[dj_jih[l_[me\j^[Jhkij½iZ[l[befc[dj WdZf[h\ehcWdY[Zkh_d]j^[o[Wh(&&.%&/$?dfh[i[dj_d]j^_ih[l_[mj^[ Z_h[Yjehi^Wl[[dikh[Zj^Wjie\WhWij^[Z_h[YjehiWh[WmWh["j^[h[_ideh[b[lWdj WkZ_j_d\ehcWj_ede\m^_Y^j^[WkZ_jehiWh[kdWmWh[WdZZ_h[Yjehi^Wl[jWa[d Wbbe\j^[ij[fij^WjZ_h[Yjehiek]^jje^Wl[jWa[d_dehZ[hjecWa[j^[ci[bl[i WmWh[e\Wdoh[b[lWdjWkZ_j_d\ehcWj_edWdZje[ijWXb_i^j^Wjj^[WkZ_jehiWh[ WmWh[e\j^Wj_d\ehcWj_ed$ About the Trust Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust procedures and cares for 1,000 preterm Corporate non-clinical support services are was founded on 1st April 2005 under infants on our Neonatal Unit. provided by the Finance, Human Resources, the Health and Social