Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Chief ExecutiveHelen Ashley
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In July 2018 Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was part of a merger with Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which created the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust and Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ceased to exist.

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Prior to this, Queen's Hospital in Burton upon Trent, Samuel Johnson Community Hospital at Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital at Tamworth were run by Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust set up a partnership with Health Innovation Partners Ltd., a joint venture of Arcadis NV and Morgan Sindall to manage and develop its estate over 10 years. [1]

The trust is sub-contracted to Virgin Healthcare in a 7-year contract worth for providing long-term and elderly care in East Staffordshire. It had to pay £300,000 in VAT at the end of 2016-17 because Virgin cannot recover VAT costs as NHS organisations can. [2]

The trust merged with Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to form University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in July 2018. [3]

Performance

Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/ Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust A&E performance 2005-18.png
Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

In July 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into special measures by Monitor [4] In October 2013 the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission. [5] It was put into a buddying arrangement with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. [6] Three new non-executive directors were recruited in December 2014 as part of the drive to improve standards. [7] It was taken out of special measures in October 2015 after the CQC agreed that it had improved. [8]

Ten more Italian nurses were recruited in December 2014, joining an earlier contingent recruited from Portugal. [9]

In March 2015 it was reported that the number of staff who have had to take time off for mental health-related problems had increased dramatically. In 2009 1,231 days were taken off for mental illness-related reasons by 56 staff. In 2014, when 223 workers took a total of 7,517 days off. This is about 20% of the total 40,074 days sick leave during the year. [10]

In 2014/5 the trust was given a loan of £6.3 million by the Department of Health which is supposed to be paid back in five years. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust appoints Community Solutions and EC Harris as its Strategic Infrastructure and Efficiency Partner". Burton Hospitals. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Trust forced to pay £300k VAT over Virgin Care contract". Health Service Journal. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Foundation trusts move step closer to full merger". Health Service Journal. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Keogh review: Hospital death rates". BBC News. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "NHS Trusts put in risk categories - full list". Independent. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "'Buddy' trusts could double their money under bonus scheme". Health Service Journal. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "BURTON HOSPITALS: NHS foundation trust recruits three new directors to its team". Burton Mail. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is out of special measures". Burton Mail. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ten more Italian nurses recruited by Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust". Burton Mail. 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Stress leads to 7,000 days off at Burton NHS Foundation Trust". Burton Mail. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "11 trusts whose DH bailouts were converted to loans". Health Service Journal. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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