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Trust Special Administrators given more time to prepare NHS service solution in Mid Staffordshire
Health sector regulator Monitor has given the Trust Special Administrators (TSAs) an additional 30 working days to come up with a solution for making health services currently provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust clinically and financially viable.
The legislation specifies that the TSAs have 45 working days to identify a draft solution for the provision of services in the Mid Staffordshire area and must consult locally for 30 working days once this solution has been published. Monitor has the power to grant an extension to these statutory time periods if it considers it reasonable.
The TSAs requested an extension last week in order to conduct further discussions with local NHS providers and commissioners, and to develop their proposals fully. Monitor's Board has decided to grant an extension to the timetable.
The extension means the TSAs will now have the same amount of time as health special administrators were granted by the Department of Health last year to find a solution to the problems of South London Healthcare NHS Trust.
The health sector regulator has also granted the TSAs a 10 working day extension to the public consultation period to take account of the August holiday period. The draft report will now be published by the 31st July with the consultation starting at the beginning of August and finishing by the beginning of October.
Dr David Bennett, Chief Executive at Monitor, said:
"The TSAs have been set a complex and challenging task and, while any delay is frustrating for patients and staff, it is important to get it right for local patients.
"Monitor's Board recognised the scale of the challenges in identifying a solution that meets the needs of the local health economy and asked us to exercise even greater scrutiny at this critical stage."
Notes to Editors
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For media enquiries please contact Isabella Sharp, Media Relations Manager, on 020 7340 2442 (isabella.sharp@monitor.gov.uk).
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The order can be found here.
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Monitor appointed Dr Hugo Mascie-Taylor and Alan Bloom to act as Trust Special Administrators at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on 15 April 2013.
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Monitor has powers to appoint Trust Special Administrators under the National Health Service Act 2006 (as amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012). The full statutory guidance for Trust Special Administrators appointed to NHS foundation trusts can be found here.
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Monitor is the sector regulator of NHS-funded health care services. Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 its fundamental duty is to protect and promote the interests of people who use them. Information about Monitor’s new role can be found here.
