West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust runs West Suffolk Hospital which is a large district general hospital in Bury St Edmunds, England. The Trust provides a wide range of services to the population of west Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 600 square miles with a population of around 275,000 people.[1]

Hospital services

The trust is adopting the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system, hoping to go live with the new system in October 2015.[2]

Performance

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/

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 2604 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.86%. 78% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 76% recommended it as a place to work.[3]

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

In January 2018 it was rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, one of only seven general hospitals in England awarded the highest possible rating. The end-of-life service in particular was praised.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "West Suffolk to migrate data with Stalis". E-Health Insider. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  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. ↑ "West Suffolk Hospital rated as 'outstanding'". BBC. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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