Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

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Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Type NHS hospital trust
Established1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)
Hospitals Harrogate District Hospital
ChairSarah Armstrong
Chief executiveJonathan Coulter
Website www.hdft.nhs.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust runs Harrogate District Hospital, a NHS district general hospital in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The trust was founded on 1 January 2005. It has 12,934 public and 2,322 staff members across Harrogate and District, who are actively involved in running the hospital and maintaining performance. Trust members elect a board of governors who represent the public, the staff and the stakeholder organisations. Sarah Armstrong [1] is the chairman and Jonathan Coulter [2] is the chief executive.

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Ambulances waiting outside Harrogate Hospital HDFT.jpg
Ambulances waiting outside Harrogate Hospital

Staffing

The hospital is the largest employer in Harrogate employing approximately 2500 staff. Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust was rated 'Double Excellent' by the Care Quality Commission for the year 2008-2009. This score covers a range of areas including safety of patients, cleanliness and waiting times. [3] The trust received an 'Excellent' rating in the Patient Environmental Action Team (PEAT) assessment undertaken in 2010. It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 2911 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4%. 72% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 65% recommended it as a place to work. [4]

In March 2015 the trust awarded a three-year contract to Comensura, based in Luton, a labour supply management specialist, for the supply of medical locums, hoping to reduce the £2.8 million spent on medical agency staff in 2013/14. [5]

In 2017 the trust established a subsidiary company, Harrogate Healthcare Facilities Management Ltd, to which 300 estates and facilities staff were transferred. The intention was to achieve VAT benefits, as well as pay bill savings, by recruiting new staff on less expensive non-NHS contracts. VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The Value Added Tax Act 1994 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted out services. [6]

CQC rating

In November 2018 the Care Quality Commission carried out an inspection, which resulted in an overall score of ‘Good’ for Harrogate Hospital, it scored ‘Outstanding’ for caring however scored as ‘Requires Improvement’ for safe. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust appoints new Chair". Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Coulter". Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Luton company strikes up partnership with Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust". Luton Today. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "In full: Trusts with staff transfer plans". Health Service Journal. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Harrogate District Hospital - Care Quality Commission". www.cqc.org.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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