The NHS Trust Development Authority ( NHSTDA ) was an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health . Its formation came as a result of reorganisation of the National Health Service (NHS) in England outlined in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 . It is now part of NHS Improvement .
4-631: David Flory was its chief executive. He retired in May 2015. The NHSTDA existed to manage the process of NHS trusts becoming foundation trusts and to performance manage those hospital trusts that remained directly accountable to the NHS. In March 2014 it was reported there were 20 trusts which the TDA expected to end 2013-14 in the red. The Authority compiled a categorised list of NHS trusts, segmented into six broad groups, some of which were regarded as unlikely to have
8-549: A future as independent organisations but refused to publish it. It was announced in June 2015 that the chief executive posts at Monitor and the Authority were to be merged, although there would not be a complete merger of the organisations. Subsequently it was reported that the two organisations were to be completely merged. From 1 April 2016, the organisation is now part of NHS Improvement . David Flory David Flory
12-786: Is a British National Health Service (NHS) manager, formerly the Chief Executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority . He was previously the director general of NHS finance, performance and operations. Flory was said by the Health Service Journal to be the fourth most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013. In December 2013 Flory warned that there were at least 30 NHS hospital trusts facing serious problems and that
16-420: The NHS would have to 'take out capacity' or cut services. Flory's salary (£210,000) was the third highest in the NHS in 2013. In 2015 he received a termination payment of £410,000, which was criticized by the health unions. The payment was described as "in accordance with a settlement agreement agreed on completion of a fixed-term appointment set out in 2012." A ceiling of £160,000 on termination payments in
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