28.02.13
Trust Special Administrators guidance published
Guidance has been published in draft form for Trust Special Administrators, who could be appointed to run NHS foundation trusts where provision of quality services is threatened.
Monitor is seeking views about how the individuals that take on these duties will be appointed and carry out their statutory roles.
Trust Special Administrators are expected to be used when attempts to stabilise struggling trusts have failed. The draft guidance states administrators must prioritise delivery of services to patients and work with commissioners and other local healthcare organisations to find clinically robust and sustainable ways to provide services in the future.
David Bennett, chief executive at Monitor, said: “Trust Special Administrators will only be called upon in exceptional circumstances, when we have worked with a foundation trust to explore all other options for safeguarding patient services.
“When these circumstances arise the Guidance will help Trust Special Administrators as they work with local commissioners to make sure that patients can continue to receive the care that they need.”
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