New partnership to focus on progress and delivery of Causeway Vision

A new Partnership Board has been established by the Northern Trust to drive progress and delivery of its Vision for Causeway Hospital.

The inaugural meeting of the Causeway Hospital Partnership Board took place last week and brought together representatives from a number of organisations, including charities, the local Policing and Community Partnership, NI Ambulance Service and senior staff from the Trust’s community and acute teams.

Gillian Traub, Director of Operations at the Northern Trust, said: “When we were developing our Strategic Vision for Causeway Hospital, we knew that we also needed a clear action plan to deliver on our ambitions for the hospital.

“The establishment of the Partnership Board will allow us to engage more broadly with key groups and organisations across the Causeway community. Involving the local population and hearing about what matters to them is vitally important in helping us to plan and shape the services we are delivering, now and in the future.”

One of the aims of the newly-established partnership is to facilitate dialogue across primary and secondary care, the community and voluntary sector, and Local Government.

It will meet three times a year and it’s hoped membership of the Board will remain as diverse as possible with community engagement being considered key.

Gillian added: “Causeway Hospital is, and will remain, an important part of the region’s acute hospital network, with a 24/7 Emergency Department. For a relatively small hospital, Causeway is known for punching well above its weight and we are incredibly proud of the hospital and our Causeway team.”

The action plan for Causeway Hospital focuses on six key areas:

• workforce strategy
• developing ambulatory (same day) care
• enhancing elective care and diagnostics
• mental health services
• integrated care
• consolidation and strengthening of vulnerable teams

Kathy Mackenzie, a Non-Executive Director with the Northern Trust, said: “Having a Vision is one thing, but what we don’t want is for it to be only aspirational; we want to make it a reality. The way in which we deliver health and social care services for our local population must change if we are to continue to best meet the changing needs and demographic of our Causeway community.

“We believe the best way of doing that is to bring people round the table and to make sure there is joined-up thinking and collaborative working in order to achieve the ambitions we have for Causeway Hospital. We believe Causeway has a very bright future ahead and it will continue to serve the local population for many years to come.”

Find out more about the Trust’s Vision for Causeway Hospital

24th September 2024