NHS South East Coast

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NHS South East Coast was a strategic health authority of the National Health Service in England. It operated in the South East region, along with NHS South Central, providing coterminosity with the local government office region.

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South East England region of England in United Kingdom

South East England is the most populous of the nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. As with the other regions of England, apart from Greater London, the south east has no elected government.

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History

NHS South East Coast was established on 1 July 2006 as one of 10 Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in England. [1]

Organisation

NHS South East Coast contained 26 NHS organisations, including 6 Foundation Trusts. These comprise: eight Primary Care Trusts; thirteen NHS Acute Trusts (hospitals); four Mental Health or Specialist Trusts; and one Ambulance Trust. [2]

Primary Care Trusts

Abolished April 2013

  1. Brighton and Hove City PCT
  2. East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT
  3. Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT
  4. Hastings and Rother PCT
  5. Medway PCT
  6. Surrey PCT
  7. West Kent PCT
  8. West Sussex PCT [3]

Acute and Foundation Trusts

The Medway NHS Trust is one of four hospital trusts in Kent, in southeast England. The trust employs over 3500 staff. The Trust's main focus is running Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Medway.

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Medway Maritime Hospital Hospital in England

Medway Maritime Hospital is a general hospital in Gillingham, England within the NHS South East Coast. It is run by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. It is Kent's largest and busiest hospital, dealing with around 400,000 patients annually. It was founded as the Royal Naval Hospital in 1902 for the Naval personnel at the Chatham Dockyard. The hospital was where the Piano Man was taken after being found wandering in a soaking wet suit and tie.

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Healthcare in Kent is now the responsibility of eight Clinical Commissioning Groups: Canterbury and Coastal; Dartford Gravesham and Swanley; Medway; South Kent Coast;Swale; Thanet; West Kent; Ashford.

Healthcare in Somerset is now the responsibility of three Clinical Commissioning Groups covering Somerset, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.

Healthcare in Sussex is now the responsibility of seven Clinical Commissioning Groups covering: Brighton and Hove; Coastal West Sussex; Horsham and Mid Sussex; Crawley; Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford; Hastings and Rother; High Weald; and Lewes-Havens.

Healthcare in the West Midlands is now the responsibility of five Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG): Birmingham and Solihull; Sandwell and West Birmingham; Dudley; Wolverhampton; and Walsall.

Healthcare in Surrey is now the responsibility of 5 Clinical Commissioning Groups: East Surrey, North West Surrey, Surrey Downs, Guildford and Waverley, and Surrey Heath.

Healthcare in Lincolnshire is now the responsibility of five Clinical Commissioning Groups covering Lincolnshire West, Lincolnshire East, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and South Lincolnshire.

References

  1. ↑ "NHS South East Coast - About us". www.southeastcoast.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  2. ↑ "NHS South East Coast - Local NHS". www.southeastcoast.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. ↑ "NHS South East Coast - Primary care trusts". www.southeastcoast.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  4. ↑ "NHS South East Coast - Acute trusts". www.southeastcoast.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-16.


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