Establishing Hospital Trusts-Strategic Input to Future Legislation Workshop

The West/North West Hospitals Group and NUI Galway, in partnership with EY, recently organised a high level workshop in NUI Galway to promote greater understanding of the legislative and governance structures that will need to be developed to facilitate hospital groups evolving into ‘Trusts’. Key leaders from the UK looked at lessons learned within the NHS Foundation Trust system and shared their experience with senior health officials, policy makers and hospital managers in Ireland.
 
Pictured at the event were (from left):
Front: Mr Paul Corrigan, Director of Strategy & Commissioning, NHS London Strategic Health Authority; Dr Ambrose McLoughlin, Secretary General, Department of Health; Mr Bill Maher, Group Chief Executive, West/North West Hospitals Group; Dr Jim Browne, President NUIG and board non executive member of West/North West Hospitals Group; Ms Justine McCarthy, EY; Dr John Killeen, Interim Chair, West/North West Hospitals Group.
Back: Mr Bill Moyes, former Executive Chairman of Monitor, the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts; Mr Chris Hopson, Head of Foundation Trust Network; Dr Tony O'Connell, HSE National Director of Acute Services; Mr Richard Guest, EY Partner, Health Advisory.