Standards for Better Health Final Declaration.

The Trust is submitting this final declaration aware of two significant issues, which may impact overall on its compliance with the standards up to the end of the financial year 2005/06.

The Trust currently has a significant gap in its finances. The Trust has been working with its commissioners and healthcare partners to agree measures to address this gap

The Trust has been managed under a franchise agreement over the past two years. This agreement ceased at the end of October 2005. From 1 November 2005, Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust entered into a management contract with Heart of England Foundation Trust for the provision of management support.

Work is currently being undertaken to enable the Trust to attain Foundation Status by 2008. With the support of the SHA, the Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust is seeking to be merged into the Heart of England Foundation Trust by absorption.

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