Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

The Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for managing Birmingham Women's Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital. It was created by a merger of Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust with Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in February 2017.[1]

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
TypeNHS Foundation Trust
Established1 February 2017
Hospitals
ChairBruce Keogh
Chief executiveSarah-Jane Marsh
Websitewww.bwc.nhs.uk
Care Quality Commission(February 2017) CQC report

Sarah-Jane Marsh, formerly Chief Executive of Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, was appointed Chief Executive. She had been managing both trusts and oversaw the merger.[2]

Developments

It implemented an electronic prescribing information and communication system, developed by University Hospitals Birmingham in April 2017.[3]

In 2017 the trust established a subsidiary company, BWC Management Services Limited, to which 300 estates and facilities staff were transferred. The intention was to achieve VAT benefits, as well as pay bill savings, by recruiting new staff on less expensive non-NHS contracts. VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The Value Added Tax Act 1994 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted-out services.[4]

Performance

The trust was rated "worse than expected" over care for women giving birth.[5]

Notes
  1. "Birmingham Children's & Women's Hospital Will Now Be Run As One". Heart. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. "Exclusive: Birmingham FT boss to run two trusts". Health Service Journal. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. "Birmingham Children's goes live with paediatric e-prescribing". Digital Health. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. "In full: Trusts with staff transfer plans". Health Service Journal. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. NHS leaves one in four mothers alone during labour or childbirth The Guardian
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