South Tyneside and Sunderland Healthcare Group

18 January 2018 - South Tyneside and Sunderland Healthcare Group outline next steps for strategic alliance

22 September 2016 - Important information about acute stroke services in South Tyneside and Sunderland

Briefing paper - Acute Stroke Services in South Tyneside and Sunderland

12 August 2016 - New appointments to support the drive for better hospital services for South Tyneside & Sunderland

23 July 2016 - Move to drive better hospital services for South Tyneside & Sunderland

16 May 2016 - Trusts sign partnership agreement

1 March 2016 - South Tyneside & Sunderland Healthcare Group

February 2017

December 2016

November 2016

August 2016

Vision

To deliver nationally recognised high quality, cost effective, sustainable healthcare for the people we serve with staff who are proud to recommend our services.

Aims

• To provide a wide range of high quality, safe and accessible healthcare services;
• To ensure financial performance provides value for money;
• To recruit, retain and motivate skilled and compassionate staff who are proud to act as ambassadors of the services they provide;
• To be the employer of choice in the North East of England; and
• To listen, learn and innovate.

Values

• Compassionate and dignified, high quality, safe patient care always the first priority.
• Working together for the benefit of our patients and their families or carers.
• Openness and honesty in everything we do.
• Respect and encouragement for our staff.
• Continuous improvement through research and innovation.

Although CHSFT and STFT remain individual statutory organisations, the Path to Excellence work being undertaken by STSHG is overseen by a Group Board which is Chaired by Neil Mundy, Chair of STFT. For further information relating to Group Board membership, see below.

Neil Mundy - Chair, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust (and Chair, South Tyneside and Sunderland Healthcare Group) - Neil Mundy became Chairman of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust in January, 2016. He is a chartered public finance accountant with many years’ experience in healthcare and economic regeneration, He has held both Executive and Non-Executive roles in public, private and third sector organisations in the North East and London. He is Vice Chair of the Joint Audit Committee for the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable of Northumbria Police and is Senior Independent Trustee of Age UK Northumberland.

John Anderson - Chair, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (and Deputy Chair, South Tyneside and Sunderland Healthcare Group) - Mr Anderson has been Chairman of City Hospitals Sunderland since 2008. Mr Anderson sold his main business (Mill Garage Group) in 1993 and has since devoted his time to public/private partnerships. He is Regional Chairman of Coutts & Co (Private Banking), RBS Group, Sun FM and Durham FM Radio. He is Executive Chairman of Milltech Training Ltd, a company that assists young people into work through apprenticeships. He is Chairman of the North East Business and Innovation Centre. In 1996 Mr Anderson was honoured with the CBE for his services to education and training and in 2006 was awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion. He has been a member of the NHS Provider Board since 2013.

Ken Bremner - Chief Executive, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust - Ken Bremner has been Chief Executive of City Hospitals Sunderland since 2004 and was also appointed as Chief Executive of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust in September 2016. He is a qualified accountant and joined the Trust in 1988 becoming the Finance Director in 1994 and then Deputy Chief Executive in 1998. Mr Bremner is a member of the SAFC Foundation of Light Development Board and chairs the Sunderland Partnership Executive. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria.

Allison Thompson - Non Executive Director, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust - Allison joined the Trust in November 2012, she is a positive, agile and results driven Executive Director with a highly successful background. She has built her career on solid, business, commercial and marketing foundations over a 24 year period and latterly held Executive positions as Chief Operating Officer and HR Director. Allison has a track record of significant commercial and restructuring success throughout her career.

Alan Clarke - Non Executive Director, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust - Mr Clarke has had a long career in local government, working for South Tyneside and Newcastle City Councils before becoming Assistant Chief Executive at Sunderland City Council in 1995 and Chief Executive of Northumberland County Council in 2000. Alan was Chief Executive of One Northeast from 2003 to 2012 and was awarded a CBE in 2011 for services to regeneration in the North East.

Stewart Hindmarsh - Non Executive Director, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - Stewart is Chairman and Managing Director of SHA Advertising and Marketing and the Cedars Nursery Ltd. He was appointed Vice Chairman at City Hospitals Sunderland in August 2017.

David Barnes - Non Executive Director, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - David is a chartered accountant and retired Non-Executive Chairman of TTR Barnes Ltd. He was appointed as Non Executive Director of City Hospitals Sunderland in January 2012.

A Clinical Services Review programme is now underway the purpose of which is to look at clinical services and make recommendations to STSHG on the future configuration of services to ensure we are able to continue to provide high quality and sustainable services in the future for the communities both Trusts serve. To support and manage this process a Clinical Service Review Group has been set up which is Co-Chaired by:

• Dr Shahid Wahid - Medical Director (STFT) and
• Peter Sutton - Director of Planning and Business Development (CHSFT & STFT)

Patrick Garner, Programme Manager, will be leading this review process with clinical leaders from the specialties being reviewed. Terms of reference for this group, along with the timescales for these reviews can be found below:

Clinical Services Review Group Terms of Reference - updated September 2016

South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust with South Tyneside and Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Groups are working together as South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Partnership

This partnership is supporting the programme of Clinical Service Reviews.

The partnership has a dedicated website which has been set up to provide more information for the general public and news on how you can be involved. The website can be found here