We produce a wide range of publications on a regular basis to let members of the public know about our work. On this page you can find our main publications.
Annual report and accounts
Our current annual report and accounts covers 2010/11
Annual report and accounts 2010/11
Annual review
Our latest annual review covers 2010/11. It highlights some of our achievements and outlines our perfromance for the year. For a full and detailed account of the Trust’s acitivities during 2010/11, you should also look at the Trust’s annual report and accounts.
Annual audit letter
Each year our Trust receives an annual audit letter from our external auditors, with the latest letter being for 2010/11.
Quality accounts
Our current quality accounts covers 2010/11
Trust access policy and 18-week referral to treatment pledge
Our access policy outlines our Trust’s processes for managing patients who are not emergencies. This overview is intended for GPs and referring clinicians, as well as Patients, and sets out the principles of the policy and what Patients and GPs should expect from us.
We also ask for referrers and patients to make commitments to us in return – to ensure that referrals for non-urgent specialist review and treatment are as efficient and effective as possible.
Our access and 18-week referral to treatment pledge
Trust annual plan
As part of our preparations for NHS foundation trust status, we now produce an annual business plan.
Care Quality Commission
Our Trust was registered with the Care Quality Commission to carry out our regulated activities with no conditions in April 2010. You can find out more about our registration and view our inspection reports on the Care Quality Commission pages of our website.
Tripartite formal argeement
This tripartite formal agreement (TFA) confirms the commitments being made by the NHS Trust, their Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and the Department of Health (DH) that will enable achievement of NHS Foundation Trust (FT) status before April 2014.
The tripartit formal agreement
Communication publication
Grapevine, which is for our staff and public members and is published quarterly
The latest edition of the Grapevine
Trust Brief is a monthly publication that summarises all the major decisions and discussions that take place in the public part of the monthly Trust Board meetings
