Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Type NHS foundation trust
Established1 August 2006 (2006-08-01)
Hospitals Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Calderdale Royal Hospital
ChairHelen Hirst
Chief executiveBrendan Brown
Website www.cht.nhs.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust runs Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, both in West Yorkshire, England. It became a Foundation Trust in August 2006. [1]

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History

The rebuilding of Calderdale Royal Hospital by the Catalyst consortium which now services and maintains the hospital was a Private Finance Initiative costing £103 million. [2]

There were suggestions in 2014 that the A&E Department in Calderdale Royal Hospital could be closed or downgraded. This was opposed by MPs in Halifax. [3] Proposals envisaged one site, probably Huddersfield dealing with urgent cases, having an A&E Department, and more beds, with the other site, probably Halifax, dealing with planned work, and having fewer beds. [4] In 2016 new plans to close the A&E Department in Huddersfield and centralise in Halifax aroused considerable opposition in Huddersfield. [5] In 2017 more detailed plans were produced envisaging the demolition of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and building a 64 bed planned care hospital nearby. These plans would be financed by private finance initiative funding. [6]

In August 2018, it was announced the plans to close Huddersfield A&E department had been scrapped [7] with a new Emergency department costing £15 million opening on 22 May 2024. [8]

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/ Calderdale And Huddersfield 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 December 2013 it was revealed that the Trust had one of the worst figures for delayed discharges in England. [9]

In 2014, the Trust planned to buy a new electronic patient record system and sent 14 members of staff to the USA to evaluate the competing systems from Cerner and Allscripts, the final two competing for the £38 million contract shortlisted from eight bidders. A contract was due to be signed in early 2015 with the system implemented in mid-2016. The Trust were criticised by UNISON for sending staff on what was described as a junket, but the Trust said that 13 of the 14 were clinicians and that it was bound to visit all shortlisted suppliers to avoid potential legal repercussions. [10]

In December 2014 the Trust reported a sudden deterioration in its financial position projecting a £4 million deficit at the end of the financial year, despite originally planning for a £3 million surplus. [11]

In April 2015 the Trust lost a contract to manage school nurses in Calderdale in favour of Locala. In 2014 it lost a £4.5 million contract for wheelchair services to private firm Opcare and a contract for termination of pregnancy worth roughly £1 million to the women’s charity Marie Stopes International. [12]


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References

  1. ↑ "AUTHORISATION of CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST" (PDF). NHS England. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "SHOCK COST OF HOSPITAL". Halifax Courier. 2 August 2001. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "'Tragic mistake' to close one of our A&E departments as government minister talks of "co-locate acute services" plan". Hiuddersfield Examiner. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "£150m and 100 fewer beds: real cost of Huddersfield and Halifax hospital shake-up options revealed". Huddersfield Examiner. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Huddersfield hospital meeting sees 250 people shut out". BBC News. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Trust plans new PFI deal to fund controversial hospital shake up". Health Service Journal. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "NHS chiefs scrap Huddersfield Royal Infirmary A&E closure plan". BBC News. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "New Huddersfield Royal Infirmary A&E opens to care for public". BBC News. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Huddersfield and Calderdale hospitals among worst for 'bed blocking' in England". Huddersfield Examiner. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Senior Huddersfield hospital staff's 10-day £39,000 USA trip was "legally" required says doctor". Huddersfield Examiner. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Monitor investigates Yorkshire FT over finance problem". Health Service Journal. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Calderdale Royal Hospital loses school nursing contract to Kirklees social enterprise Locala". Huddersfield Examiner. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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