North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2017 from the acquisition of Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[3] It runs Peterborough City Hospital, Stamford and Rutland Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
TypeNHS foundation trust
Established1 April 2017
HeadquartersBretton Gate
Bretton
Peterborough
PE3 9GZ[1]
Hospitals
Staff6,789 (2020)[2]
Websitewww.nwangliaft.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

History

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Established in 1993, Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust originally comprised two hospitals, Peterborough District Hospital and Edith Cavell Hospital. In 2002 Stamford and Rutland Hospital in Lincolnshire joined the trust. In 2006 Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was rated one of the country's top performing NHS acute trusts[4] and, in 2004, it became one of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in England. Peterborough City Hospital was financed through the Private Finance Initiative and led the Trust into acute financial difficulties. It had built up an underlying deficit of £37 million a year on a turnover of £222 million by the end of 2012/13.[5]

A redevelopment programme for Stamford and Rutland Hospital was approved in October 2013.[6]

In January 2014 it was reported that Circle Health could table a rescue bid for the Trust involving partnering it with nearby Hinchingbrooke Hospital.[7] The bid never materialised, but in July 2016 it was announced that the two trusts were planning to merge in 2017. [8]

The "North West Anglia" name had previously been used for the merger of Peterborough Health Authority and West Norfolk and Wisbech Health Authority in 1992,[9] until the formation of Cambridgeshire Health Authority and Norfolk Health Authority in 1999.[10]

Performance

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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/

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.[11]

It spent £18.7 million, 7.5% of its total turnover, on agency staff in 2014/5.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust". cqc.org.uk. Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual report and accounts 2019/20" (PDF). nwangliaft.nhs.uk. North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust starts to implement Medway". digitalhealth.net. Digital Health. April 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ^ "The annual health check: assessing and rating the NHS" (PDF). healthcarecommission.org.uk. Healthcare Commission. October 2006. pp. 22, 34 & 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2007.
  5. ^ "Peterborough City Hospital PFI cost threat to Trust". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Stamford Hospital redevelopment gets final approval". Rutland and Stamford Mercury. 9 October 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ Illman, James (7 January 2014). "Circle mulls bid to partner Peterborough with Hinchingbrooke". hsj.co.uk. Health Service Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ Illman, James (22 July 2016). "Hinchingbrooke and Peterborough to draw up 2017 merger plan". hsj.co.uk. Health Service Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  9. ^ "The National Health Service (District Health Authorities) (No. 2) Order 1992", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1992/366, retrieved 23 June 2023
  10. ^ "The Health Authorities (England) Establishment Order 1996 Amendment and the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Health Authorities (Establishment etc.) Order 1999", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1999/616, retrieved 23 June 2023
  11. ^ Clover, Ben (1 April 2015). "26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach". hsj.co.uk. Health Service Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ Illman, James (26 November 2015). "Agency spending: the real picture". hsj.co.uk. Health Service Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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