Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated foundation Trust that operates from

Tameside General Hospital Tameside General Hospital is an acute general hospital situated in Ashton-under-Lyne managed by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. It serves the surrounding area of Tameside in Greater Manchester, and the town of Glossop ...

situated in

Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 45,198 at the 2011 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, east of Manche ...

. It serves the surrounding area of

Tameside The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through the borough, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Aud ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...

, and the town of

Glossop Glossop is a market town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It is located east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of the county town, Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manches ...

and other smaller towns and villages in the north western part of the High Peak district of

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. Employing approximately 3,800 staff, the Trust provides a range of services both within the hospital and in the local community. This includes Accident and Emergency services, and full consultant-led

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and

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hospital services for women, children and babies.

Performance

In 2005 the hospital received the maximum three star rating from the

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in recognition of the quality of its services, and was granted Foundation Trust status on 1 February 2008. In July 2013 ''

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'' newspaper disclosed the existence of two previously unpublished critical reviews commissioned by the hospital which revealed concerns about chronic under-staffing and sub-standard care. Christine Green, the chief executive, and Dr Tariq Mahmood, the hospital's medical director, both resigned as a result of the disclosure. In July 2013 as a result of the

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the Trust was put into

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In October 2013 the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the

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. Karen James was appointed interim Chief Executive in 2013 but was appointed permanently in 2014. She was awarded an OBE in the 2020 New Year's Honours list in recognition for bringing the Trust out of special measures to be rated 'Good' by the CQC in 2017 and 2019.

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visited the hospital in June 2015 saying "I think the management of the trust has completely changed. The staff have managers who listen to them if they have concerns and I think everyone here deserves huge congratulations for the progress they have been making in turning the hospital around." The trust was one of the beneficiaries of

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's announcement of capital funding for the NHS in August 2019, with an allocation of £16.3 million for emergency and urgent care facilities at Tameside General Hospital.

Local population

Located near the

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, eight miles east of Manchester, the hospital serves a population of over 250,000. The population is concentrated in the largely

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s of the townships of Tameside (Ashton-under-Lyne,

Audenshaw Audenshaw is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, in 2011 it had a population of 11,419. The name derives from Aldwin, a Saxon personal name, and the Old English suffix '' ...

, Denton,

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester city centre and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the ...

Dukinfield Dukinfield is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Tame opposite Ashton-under-Lyne, east of Manchester. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 19,306. Within the boundaries of the historic co ...

, Hyde,

Longdendale Longdendale is a valley in the Peak District of England, north of Glossop and southwest of Holmfirth. The name means "long wooded valley" and the valley is mostly in the counties of Derbyshire and Greater Manchester. Geography The eastern part ...

Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire ...

and

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and no ...

) which comprises Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Glossop, with its population of approximately 32,000 is part of Derbyshire High Peak Borough Council, which is a more

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community.

History

Maternity

Two

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-winning footballers were born in the hospital:

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, to whom there is a plaque within the maternity unit, and

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Integrated care trust

In 2015 it was proposed to redesign health services in the area by bringing hospital and community care together in a programme called Care Together. It was proposed that most care will be provided outside hospital, at home or close to where people live. The trust became an integrated care organisation, employing social care staff with a capitated payment system. GPs may join the trust as salaried staff. Subspecialty services in medicine and surgery and outpatient clinics would be provided by other trusts. To reflect the change in approach, the trust's name was changed in 2016 from Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. The new organisation brings together Tameside and Glossop

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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan countie ...

, part of

Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. It has 64 councillors representing 61 divisions, with three divisions having two members each. They are Glossop and Charlesworth, ...

, and the Foundation Trust with the borough council Chief Executive leading the organisation.

Healthy eating

From January 2018 the hospital's restaurant offers only sugar free drinks to its staff and visitors as part of a programme to help staff and patients to lose weight.

References

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