Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) is an NHS foundation trust in Greater Manchester, England.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
TypeNHS foundation trust
Established1 October 2021
HeadquartersSalford, Greater Manchester, England
Hospitals
Websitewww.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

History

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It was created on 1 April 2017 by way of a formal partnership of two NHS Trusts - Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. David Dalton led the development.[1]

The NCA launched as a multi-site group model under the leadership of Dalton, initially providing healthcare services from six hospitals - Salford Royal, the Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary and North Manchester General Hospital - as well as outlying community facilities. At the time of its launch it had 2,000 hospital beds and over 17,000 staff, and served a population of over 1 million.[2]

On 1 April 2020, North Manchester General Hospital joined the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) under a management agreement, and was expected to formally leave the NCA in October 2020.[3]

Owen Williams, who is chair of NHS England’s Health Inequalities Expert Advisory Group, is the Chief Executive.[4]

COVID-19 pandemic

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In December 2021, the trust planned to open virtual wards which would to reduce hospital occupancy to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in England. At that point, the number of patients in A&E breaching the 12 hour target had gone from 250 in September to 267 in October, a sharp rise from 18 in April.[5]

In January 2022, the trust, together with Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was the worst hit by Covid hospital admissions in England.[6] In June 2022, it announced plans to set up a 500-bed virtual ward using Dignio technology for patients with a variety of different conditions. Patients will use the MyDignio App to record their vital signs.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dalton rules himself out of NHS Improvement chief executive job". Health Service Journal. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Home :: Northern Care Alliance".
  3. ^ "Major shake-up in local hospital management from 1 April".
  4. ^ "Revealed: The evidence which shows poorer and ethnic minority patients wait longer for NHS care". Health Service Journal. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Virtual wards to be expanded in Oldham to fight Omicron". Oldham Times. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "The Greater Manchester hospitals that now have the 'highest Covid admissions in country'". Manchester Evening News. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Northern Care Alliance sets up 500-bed virtual ward". Building Better Healthcare. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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