TASK

Tameside and Glossop Trust had been placed into special measures following the Keogh Review in 2014. Monitor had commissioned PwC to undertake a comprehensive review across the whole health economy and present recommended solutions. The Contingency Planning Team report was published in July 2015 and the Care Together Programme was agreed across the health economy. The vision was for a ‘single commissioning function’ and a single ‘Integrated Care Organisation’. A Communication, Participation and Engagement Strategy was written for the Care Together Programme on behalf of Tameside and Glossop NHS Foundation Trust.

OUTCOME

• Strategy agreed by the Programme Board and now being implemented.
• Commission of Equality Analysis to ensure adherence to Equality Duty.