MP told of progress towards Foundation Status by mental health Trust  

Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has been told the Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust may now be on the verge of receiving Foundation status.  At a meeting with the Trust's chief executive, David Snowdon, the MP heard how the Trust was now in the final stages of a process which, it hopes, will see it being granted Foundation status by the start of the New Year. NHS Foundation Trusts have greater freedoms and flexibilities than NHS trusts in the way they manage their affairs, this extends to: Freedom from Whitehall control and performance management by Strategic Health Authorities Freedom to access capital on the basis of affordability instead of the current system of centrally controlled allocations Freedom to invest surpluses in developing new services for local people Freedom of local flexibility to tailor new governance...