Our improvement

We have embarked upon our improvement journey following feedback from patients, staff and regulators, which indicated that we aren’t getting things right in terms of patient care and staff experience.

Through our improvement plan, which focuses on leadership and governance, people and culture, quality and safety, clinical effectiveness, financial sustainability and operational performance, we have outlined what we need to achieve.

And now, we are empowering colleagues, putting them at the heart of LUHFT and its future, to work together to decide how we make those improvements.

To support the transformation that is required, we are introducing Hospital Management Boards at Aintree, the Royal, Broadgreen and Liverpool Clinical Laboratories (LCL). This will give each of our sites greater autonomy and the ability to have increased oversight of their opportunities, risks and issues.

James added: “This change enhances the arrangements that are already in place with our Hospital Leadership Teams. The new governance with provide strengthened control, with more decisions made at site level and less escalated at executive team level, which will enable more rapid decision making.

“Although this may feel like a step backwards, we will continue to operate as one organisation,

Board structure

Chief Officer

James Sumner, Chief Executive, said: “We know that the improvements that we need to make are within our control and that by listening to our staff, those who are closest to the delivery of care, we can do better for our patients.”

Chief Finance Officer / Deputy Chief Executive

Chief Medical Director Chief Officer Director of Communications and Marketing

Director of Strategy and Partnerships Director of Quality Improvement

Executive Managing

Director Nursing Director of Operations Medical Director