West Yorkshire and Harrogate set for multi-million pound NHS funding boost

Posted on: 7 December 2018

People across West Yorkshire and Harrogate will benefit from over £230million additional funding to benefit three large schemes across the area.

The funding is part of the £963million of capital funding, announced by Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary on Friday 7 December to boost health facilities across England. It is being allocated to a number of Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships and Integrated Care Systems across England as part of a major investment in the long-term future of the NHS.

The three West Yorkshire and Harrogate schemes approved are:

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - £196million funding has been approved. The commitment is to fully fund the changes needed to improve and make sustainable hospital services while also delivering more care in the community and in our patient’s homes. This will require further work with local people, staff and partners and business case approval. Some £22million is being available in the current spending review period.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) consolidation of acute pathology services - £27million in funding has been approved.  Bringing pathology services together into a high quality consolidated new facility provides significant opportunities to improve staffing and skill sharing as well as equipment efficiencies.

Mental health rehabilitation and recovery repatriation - £12million in funding has been approved. This will support the provision of genuine alternatives to inpatient care for locked rehabilitation service users.

In May 2018, organisations in West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) were given additional freedom and flexibility to manage the delivery of local services in Bradford District and Craven; Calderdale, Harrogate, Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield when it joined the Integrated Care System Development Programme.

This additional funding means the Partnership has attracted over £300million of additional revenue and capital funding to support transformation work since it began in 2016.

Rob Webster CEO Lead for West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership said:  “This much needed further investment will support our drive to improve the health and care of the 2.6million people living across our area. It is the result of a collaborative effort across the Partnership. Notification of the funding is positive news and reflects our collective priorities for people living across West Yorkshire and Harrogate”.

Owen Williams, CEO for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust said: “The decision by the Secretary of State is welcome news on the back of our recent CQC rating of ‘Good’. This takes the Trust and our partners a step closer to improving the overall quality of care provided to local people. Given that this involves substantial amounts of public money there will be several stages still to work through with our local commissioners, regulators and the Department of Health and Social Care as we develop the plans in more detail.  We will continue to work with local people, staff, partners, Scrutiny and campaign groups to ensure that we create the next steps together.”

Julian Hartley, Chief Executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and CEO lead for West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT) said: “I am delighted that the partnership has received this funding to improve hospital facilities in West Yorkshire. At Leeds Teaching Hospitals, this investment will allow us to bring together pathology services into a high quality consolidated new facility benefitting Leeds and the whole region. This is a step forward in our ambitious plans to redevelop the Leeds General Infirmary site and ensure our buildings represent the high-quality services we provide. Our Pathology team at LTHT is already doing world-class work, and this new state-of-the-art building will allow us to work with our partners to continue developing the services we provide for patients in Leeds and beyond.”

Dr Sara Munro, CEO for Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust said: “This is great news for our Partnership and most importantly people with complex mental health problems. The funding will help us transform and reshape both in-patient and community care, whilst delivering improved access to a wider choice of services and improved health outcomes for people – which is after all what we are all about. We are proud to be leading this work for the Partnership”.

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