East Lancashire Hospitals' Corporate Publications give an all-round picture of the Trust, our activities and our plans for the future.
Annual Report and Accounts 2019-2020
Annual Report 2018/19
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Quality Account 2018/19
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Annual Review 2018/19
ELHT AR 2019 Low Res FINALDownload PDF here (1.7 MB)
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Accounts 2017-18
Trade Union Data Capture
Notice of appointment of external auditors for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 2018
Notice of Appointment of External Auditors for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
For the 2020-21 financial year commencing 1 April, Grant Thornton UK LLP have been appointed as external auditors for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
On 13 November 2019, the Trust Board accepted the recommendation of the Trust’s Auditor Panel to make a direct appointment using the NHS Shared Business Services framework agreement for the 2020-21 financial year, with an option to extend the appointment for a further year.
Summary of regulatory framework
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 requires NHS trusts to select and appoint their own auditors and directly manage their contracts for the audits. To fulfil these requirements, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is obliged to appoint an external auditor, eligible for appointment in line with the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) requirements, to audit the annual accounts by 31 December of the preceding year. The appointment can be for longer than a year but there must be a new appointment at least once every 5 years and an auditor can be re-appointed for further terms. The Trust has also appointed an auditor panel to advice on the appointments, in accordance with the Act.
Within 28 days of an appointment being made, the Act also required NHS trusts to publish a notice to name the external auditor, the length of the appointment, the advice, or a summary of the advice to the Board or Governing Body, received from the auditor panel, and, where it has not accepted that advice, the reasons why not.
Clinical Strategy
Quality Strategy 2017-19
Payment performance statistics
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
Expenditure over £25,000
The Government has set out the need for greater transparency across its operations to enable the public to hold public bodies and politicians to account. This includes commitments relating to public expenditure, intended to help reduce the deficit and achieve better value for money.
As part of this transparency agenda, the Government has made a number of commitments with regard to central government expenditure (Including the NHS). The Trust will publish Monthly Expenditure over £25,000 as part of the Government's agenda on transparency.
Monthly Expenditure over £25,000
2021
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k- 2021April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2021March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2021February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2021January.csv | January | CSV |
2020
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k- 2020December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2020January.csv | January | CSV |
2019
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k- 2019December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2019January.csv | January | CSV |
2018
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k- 2018December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018Octoberber.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2018January.csv | January | CSV |
2017
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k- 2017December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017February.csv | February |
CSV |
| Spend over £25k- 2017January.csv | January | CSV |
2016
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k-2016December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2016January.csv | January | CSV |
2015
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k-2015December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2015January.csv | January | CSV |
2014
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k-2014December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2014January.csv | January | CSV |
2013
| File Name | Month | File Format |
| Spend over £25k-2013December.csv | December | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013November.csv | November | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013October.csv | October | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013September.csv | September | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013August.csv | August | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013July.csv | July | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013June.csv | June | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013May.csv | May | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013April.csv | April | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013March.csv | March | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013February.csv | February | CSV |
| Spend over £25k-2013January.csv | January | CSV |
Organisational Structure
The Trust is the organisation responsible for providing high quality health services to meet the needs of the population of East Lancashire, working with partner organisations, patients, clinicians, providers, third sector organisations, local authorities and the voluntary sector.
The services we provide are for the health needs of East Lancashire and deliver improvements in health and care services to meet local needs.
Board Structures
The Trust Board is responsible for setting the overall policy and strategy for the Trust, for monitoring performance and maintaining the highest standards of public accountability.
- Trust Board pdf (202kb) (updated - December 2020)
Management Structures
- Corporate Management Structure pdf (301kb) (updated -December 2020)
- Senior Nursing Structure pdf (642kb) (updated - November 2019)
- Divisional Structures
- Medical & Emergency Care Division pdf (380kb) (updated - December 2019)
- Community Services & Intermediate Care Division (346kb) (updated - December 2019)
- Surgery and Anaesthetics Division pdf (406kb) (updated - July 2018)
- Family Care Division pdf (284kb) (updated - July 2018)
- Diagnostics and Clinical Support pdf (276kb) (updated - July 2018)
- Human Resources and Organisational Development (273kb) (updated May 2018)
Departmental Structures
- Estates & Facilities Organisational Structure (394kb) (updated - April 2021)
Safe Staffing Data
In its full response to the Francis Report, the government made a commitment that all NHS organisations with inpatient areas would publish full staffing data (by month / by ward level) from May 2014, and then on an ongoing monthly basis.
The intention of this is to show how trusts across the NHS ensure the safety of their staffing levels and skill mix.
Please see below for the Trust’s monthly ward staffing levels for
January 2021
Patient, Family and Carers Experience Strategy
NHS Improvement Self Certification 2019
Publication Archive
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Annual Report 2017/18
Annual Report 2016/17
Annual Review 2016/17
NHS Improvement Self Certification 2017
NHS Improvement Self Certification 2018
Safe Staffing Archive (2015 onwards)
2020
(Please note that reports were paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2019
- Safer staffing return - December 2019
- Safer staffing return - November 2019
- Safer staffing return - October 2019
- Ward staff summary - October 2019
- Safer staffing return - September 2019
- Safer staffing return - August 2019
- Safer staffing return - July 2019
- Safer staffing return - June 2019
- Safer staffing return - May 2019
- Safer staffing return - April 2019
- Safer staffing return - March 2019
- Safer staffing return - February 2019
- Safer staffing return - January 2019
2018
- Safer staffing return - December 2018
- Safer staffing return - November 2018
- Safer staffing return - October 2018
- Safer staffing return - September 2018
- Safer staffing return - August 2018
- Safer staffing return - July 2018
- Safer staffing return - June 2018
- Safer staffing return - May 2018
- Safer staffing return - April 2018
- Safer staffing return - March 2018
- Safer staffing return - February 2018
- Safer staffing return - January 2018
