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29-492: The trust is responsible and accountable for the education of in excess of 6400+ students between the ages of 4 and 19 and for the employment and support of over 800+ staff. The trust is a charitable company run on a non-profit basis. In January 2013 the trust commenced sponsorship of Abbeywood Community School, a local secondary school placed in Special Measures . The school was subsequently judged to be 'GOOD' in all areas in

58-606: A 2015 Ofsted inspection, and judged to have no change to their previous 'GOOD' rating in 2018. In January 2015 Meadowbrook and Charborough Road primaries joined the trust, followed by Callicroft, Filton Hill, and Stoke Lodge primary schools in September 2016; Callicroft and Stoke Lodge having previously been overseen by the Cosmos Academy Trust. Bradley Stoke secondary became an all-through school with its own primary phase in September 2015. The name Olympus originates from

87-536: A block contract agreed between Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the clinical commissioning groups in Blackpool, and Fylde and Wyre offered a "clear incentive" for GPs to refer patients to the foundation trust and that this was anti-competitive behaviour. The contract provided the trust with a guaranteed income regardless of the number of patients that chose to use its services. Monitor conducted an investigation and decided In September 2014 that there

116-589: A clinical background, which damages Monitor's credibility in dealing with trusts and its effectiveness in diagnosing problems and developing solutions". The PAC also criticised the proportion of Monitor's budget spent on external consultants (£9 million of Monitor's £48 million budget in 2013-14) and found that "some NHS foundation trusts had been allowed to struggle for far too long in breach of their regulatory conditions. It has taken Monitor too long to help trusts in difficulty to improve, with three trusts having been in breach of their regulatory conditions since 2009". At

145-577: A deficit of £2bn in 2015-16. In 2010 the Stafford Hospital scandal investigation recommended that Monitor de-authorise the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust . In line with the investigation report recommendation, Secretary of State for Health , Andy Burnham , agreed to a further Independent Inquiry of the commissioning, supervisory and regulatory bodies for Foundation Trusts. Spire Healthcare alleged in 2013 that

174-581: A licence unless they are exempt under regulations made by the Department of Health. Foundation trusts were licensed from 1 April 2013, and all other non-exempt providers were required to apply for a licence from April 2014. It was announced in June 2015 that the chief executive posts at Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority were to be merged, although there would not be a complete merger of

203-539: A major investment programme but also subject the company to new, heightened regulatory measures." Through to 2029, Thames Water is required to reduce sewage spills by 64%, cut leaks by 19% and reduce supply interruptions by two-thirds. In Scotland the term 'special measures' is defined by the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 to describe systems put in place by the judicial system to protect vulnerable witnesses in courts of law. This can include measures taken to protect

232-453: A majority representation from former or seconded employees of KPMG, PWC and Deloitte while still awarding contracts to these organisations worth millions of pounds. In July 2013 six NHS foundation trusts were placed in special measures as a result of the Keogh Review of patient safety: Subsequent trusts placed in special measures: Enforcement action has been taken on 21 occasions in

261-504: Is a partnership of schools, currently comprising nine South Gloucestershire schools; one all-through, three secondary and five primary academies. All-through Schools: Primary Schools: Secondary Schools: Executive Leadership: School Improvement Team: Special measures Special measures is a status applied by regulators of public services in Britain to providers who fall short of acceptable standards. Ofsted ,

290-403: Is responsible for putting NHS foundation trusts into special measures, while the NHS Trust Development Authority is responsible for other NHS trusts. This action is normally triggered by a Care Quality Commission inspection. An improvement director will be externally appointed and the failing Trust partnered with another high-performing Trust. An action plan is produced which is published on

319-474: The NHS Choices website. Monitor may suspend some or all of the freedoms a Foundation trust has to operate as an autonomous body. Changes of the leadership of the organisation may be made. In March 2021 it was announced that the special measures process would be replaced by a new oversight framework where providers, commissioners, and health systems will be allocated into one of four ‘segments’ that determine

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348-486: The Olympus Concorde engine. This is significant because it was designed and produced locally. The trust is governed by a board of trustees. The board is responsible for holding CEO Dave Baker to account. The board is made up of 15 people – a mixture of parents, community members and experts who are appointed based on their skills, insight and knowledge. They work on a voluntary basis. The Olympus Academy Trust (OAT)

377-608: The brand name Monitor from August 2004 The Health and Social Care Act 2012 formally changed the organisation's name to Monitor and gave it additional duties. In addition to assessing NHS trusts for foundation trust status and ensuring that foundation trusts are well led, in terms of quality and finances, Monitor had a duty to: Monitor's main tool for carrying out these functions was the NHS provider licence, which contains obligations for providers of NHS services. The 2012 Act requires everyone who provides an NHS health care service to hold

406-483: The company’s proposed business model. Firstsite subsequently was named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021. On 11 July 2024, water regulator Ofwat put Thames Water into special measures, with a "turnaround oversight regime" subject to "heightened regulatory" scrutiny. The company had over £15.2bn of debt. Ofwat said: "Thames Water faces significant issues, and as it seeks to tackle them, our draft determinations will support

435-399: The first 10 months of 2013/4, compared to just nine instances in the whole of 2012-13. Monitor's former chief executive David Bennett admitted the regulator's "arm's length" distance from foundation trusts had become "a little shorter" as it intervened more readily and that increased monitoring and intervention was explained by "a declined appetite for risk" among "Parliament, the government and

464-421: The government and other agencies, when they judge the school lacks the leadership capacity amongst its management to ensure improvements. A school subject to special measures will have regular short-notice Ofsted or Estyn inspections to monitor its improvement. The senior managers and teaching staff can be dismissed and the school governors replaced by an appointed executive committee. If poor performance continues

493-527: The identity of witnesses perceived as under threat of intimidation, or witnesses in cases involving alleged sex crimes or crimes against children where the experience of the legal system itself could prove intimidating. Monitor (NHS) Monitor was an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health , responsible between 2004 and 2016 for ensuring healthcare provision in NHS England

522-543: The level of scrutiny and intervention they get. Under the new recovery support programme the equivalent of special measures is called intensive mandated support. According to the research group Dr Foster Intelligence , the decision to put 11 trusts into special measures in July 2013 is likely to have saved hundreds of lives. Arts Council England put English National Opera and Colchester’s Firstsite gallery into special measures in 2015 because of concerns over governance and

551-470: The nature of the Inspection to a Section 5, and remove the school from Special Measures upon completion. Support for schools that enter special measures comes in a variety of forms, and varies from local authority to local authority. Typically, though, schools will benefit from significant extra resources – both in terms of extra funds and consultancy from the local authority and external providers. Monitor

580-506: The organisation had yet to identify a strategy to counter those opposed to competition because it clashed with their personal ideologies. He claimed organisations were using competition regulations as an "easy excuse" for avoiding making necessary changes. In October 2014 after the publication of NHS England 's 'Five year forward view' Bennett defended Choice and competition as "one of the ways in which we can drive change and improvement for patients, and we don't see that that will cease to be

609-682: The organisations. In April 2016 both organisations became part of NHS Improvement which subsequently operationally merged with NHS England from September 2018 and was formally abolished by the Health and Care Act 2022 . In July 2014, Monitor was criticised by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons (PAC) for the lack of clinical expertise and frontline NHS experience amongst its staff. The PAC noted that: "Only 21 of Monitor's 337 staff have an NHS operational background and only 7 have

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638-483: The public". Details of the regulatory action Monitor has taken at NHS foundation trusts are available on its website: http://www.monitor.gov.uk/about-your-local-nhs-foundation-trust/regulatory-action/nhs-foundation-trusts-special-measures-or-un . In August 2015 Monitor issued a letter to all Foundation Trusts telling them to fill vacancies "only where essential" and warning that current financial plans are "quite simply unaffordable" as NHS providers collectively forecast

667-579: The school may be closed; an example was of the Frank Montgomery School in Kent. The current circumstances under which a school may be placed in special measures, and the procedures to follow, are stipulated by the Education Act 2005 . Prior to 2005, special measures were applied to any school which was failing to supply an acceptable level of education; potential for improvement under current leadership

696-428: The school typically once a term for 1–2 days to evaluate progress. Once HMI are satisfied that the action plan has been completed and all points satisfactorily addressed, then they will refer the school back to Ofsted and ask them to schedule a second Section 5 Inspection . If Ofsted agree with HMI’s judgement, the school is then removed from the special measures category. During a monitoring inspection an HMI can change

725-423: The schools inspection agency for England and some British Overseas Territories , and Estyn , the schools inspection agency for Wales , apply the term special measures ( Welsh : mesurau arbennig ) to schools under their jurisdictions when they consider the school has failed to provide an acceptable standard of teaching, has poor facilities, or otherwise fails to meet the minimum standards for education set by

754-549: The time of the PAC's hearing, of 147 foundation trusts 39(26%) were expected to be in deficit by the end of 2013-14 and on 31 December 2013 25 (17%) were in breach of the conditions attached to their status. The PAC also noted: "It is wholly inappropriate that the same person acted as both Chair and Chief Executive of Monitor between March 2011 and January 2014. This was contrary to corporate governance good practice and Monitor's own guidance to NHS foundation trusts". The board of MONITOR has

783-628: Was financially effective. It was the sector regulator for health services in England. Its chief executive was Ian Dalton and it was chaired by Dido Harding . Monitor was merged with the NHS Trust Development Authority to form NHS Improvement on 1 April 2016. The body was established on 5 January 2004 under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 , and was formally called The Independent Regulator for Foundation Trusts. The legislation made it responsible for authorising, monitoring and regulating NHS foundation trusts . It took on

812-444: Was no evidence to support the claim though they did conclude that Blackpool CCG's plans did not "go far enough" to ensure patients would be offered choice, or that the right to choice would be "publicised and promoted". Blackpool CCG complained that not a single GP, practice manager or patient was spoken to by the investigating team, nor was a single practice visited. In September 2014 former chief executive David Bennett admitted that

841-501: Was not taken into account. Under the new rules, schools demonstrating such potential are instead given a notice to improve and reinspected after a year. Once an institution has been placed in special measures, they are presented with an action plan by the Local Authority detailing the key areas they need to develop in order to leave the category. Monitoring of this action plan then passes to HMI (His Majesty’s Inspectors) who visit

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