foundation trusts
Foundation trusts are changing ‐ the Health and Social Care Bill
has reiterated that all NHS Trusts should become or be part of a
foundation trust; with greater freedoms to innovate to improve
care, more opportunities for NHS staff to have a say in the future
of their organisations, abolition of the income cap foundation
trusts may earn from other sources and increased freedoms to
tailor their governance arrangements. In addition the Coalition
Government has made it clear that there is a renewed focus on
clinical and corporate governance, with patient safety, quality and
identifiable outcomes being at the heart of that process.
Our healthcare lawyers have advised foundation trusts since
‘wave 1’ and having worked with the regulators, understand this
complex and evolving regulatory environment. We deliver expert
solutions every step of the way, from securing 'foundation' status
to optimising the benefits this status brings.
- our clients ‐ over 50 health trusts including acute trusts,
primary care trusts (PCTs), ambulance trusts, mental health trusts,
NHS foundation trusts and their private sector partners
- our health sector expertise ‐ advising on transforming
community services projects prior to the April 2011 deadline for
divestment of PCT provider arms, changes to the private patient
cap, undertaking mock board assessments, delivering the first
acquisitions by foundation trusts, the development of joint
ventures ranging from primary care to medical devices and the
establishment of community foundation trusts
- forty dedicated healthcare lawyers – nine partners and two
senior associates, based in Nottingham and Birmingham, operating
nationally
- health sector experience ‐ across all areas of NHS and public
law
- specialist foundation trust advice ‐ applications for
foundation trust status, constitutional and membership structures,
Monitor’s code of corporate governance and directors’ duties,
borrowing powers and commercial freedoms of foundation trusts,
joint ventures and other collaborations with business partners,
application of the private patient income cap, property management,
contracting and data protection
- tailored training programmes ‐ to the boards of foundation
trusts and applicant foundation trusts
Result: supportive
advisors who can assist and advise with your governance
arrangements, performance and service improvements and access to
funding