Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

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Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
Type NHS trust
Established1 November 1991
Disbanded1 April 2020 (2020-04-01)
Hospitals Broomfield Hospital
Staff4,422 (2019/20) [1]

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust was an NHS trust which ran Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, St Peter's Hospital in Maldon, St Michael's Hospital in Braintree and formerly St John's Hospital in Chelmsford until its closure in 2010.

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A merger with Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was proposed in January 2018. [2] On 31 July 2019 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care endorsed the merger and a provisional date of 1 April 2020 was agreed. [3]

History

The trust was established on 1 November 1991, and became operational on 1 April 1992. It took over services previously provided by the Mid Essex Health Authority. [4]

It was announced in March 2014 that the trust would take over Serco’s contract for running services at Braintree Community Hospital from the start of April. [5]

Performance

The Trust predicts a deficit of £19.6m in 2013-14. [6] In May 2014 it was reported that the trust, which posted revenues of £275m in 2013-14, faced a structural deficit of around £15m related to a Private finance initiative deal that funded a raft of improvements and was looking for a financial rescue package from the NHS Trust Development Authority. [7]

The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/5 winter. [8]

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission discovered during a visit in February 2015 that Broomfield and Braintree Community hospitals were using unqualified nursing staff in an emergency unit. [9]

In April 2017, the Care Quality Commission rated Mid Essex Hospital as "Good" overall [10]

The trust spent £18 million on agency staff in 2014/5. [11] In February 2016 it was expecting a deficit of £38.4 million for the year 2015/6, [12] and in February 2018 it expected a deficit of £55 million for the year. [13]

Other

In November 2010, St. John's Hospital in Chelmsford closed and all services were transferred to Broomfield Hospital.

In 2017, Sam Penry, Diagnostic Radiographer and employee at Mid Essex NHS Hospital Trust Broomfield Hospital, was awarded the prestigious title of "UK Radiographer of the Year" by the Professional body The Society and College of Radiographers. [14]

Former chief executive Ruth May went on to be Chief Nursing Officer for England, from January 2019. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2018/19". Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Basildon, Southend and Broomfield hospitals back merger plans". BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group CEO comments on IRP decision". Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. 31 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Mid Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1991". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Trust admits interest in long-term hospital deal after taking over from Serco". Halstead Gazette. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "More than a third of trusts predict year-end deficit". Local Government Chronicle. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Mid Essex seeks TDA rescue deal". Health Service Journal. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach". Health Service Journal. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mid Essex NHS trust slammed over emergency unit unregistered staff". BBC News. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Care Quality Commission". Care Quality Commission. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Agency spending: the real picture". Health Service Journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "One in four trusts plunge deeper into the red". Health Service Journal. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Hospital group trusts see deficit forecasts slide by £36m". Health Service Journal. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Congratulations to Sam Penry on 'UK Radiographer of the Year' award 2017". Mid Essex Hospitals. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ruth May". NHS England.
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