Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS foundation trust which ran Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. The trust acquired Bedford Hospital NHS Trust on 1 April 2020, forming Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Governance

The trust was run by a Board of Directors, made up of Non-Executive Directors and Chairman, a Chief Executive and Executive Directors. The last Chief Executive was David Carter, who took up the post in February 2018. [1]

Statistics

In the financial year 2007–2008, the Trust employed over 3400 staff, and had an annual spend of £169 million. In the same year the Trust handled:

Technology

The Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust has announced that it has been provided with a new speech driven system, the ContactPortal by Telephonetics, to improve call management and communications at the Trust. On average the Trust takes over 4000 phone calls per day from outside, plus thousands more internally. The ContactPortal acts as a virtual operator 24 hours a day, using speech recognition technology to answer, transfer and make telephone calls. [3]

In September 2016, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars. [4]

Development

Galliford Try were appointed the preferred supply chain partner for the £150 million redevelopment of Luton hospital including a new £80m ‘hot block’ unit for critical care and surgery in October 2015. [5]

The trust was one of the biggest beneficiaries of Boris Johnson's announcement of capital funding for the NHS in August 2019, with an allocation of £99.5 million for a new intensive care, a delivery suite and operating theatres. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Executive Directors - Luton and Dunstable University Hospital" . Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Annual report and accounts for the period April 2007 to March 2008" (PDF). National Health Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Telephonetics speech recognition technology introduced at Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust". Telecomworldwire. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "New plans to expand the use of digital technology across the NHS". gov.uk. Department of Health and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Luton and Dunstable University Hospital redevelopment deal goes to Galliford Try". Construction News. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Revealed: The 20 capital projects promised by the PM". Health Service Journal. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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