Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides community health services to children and young people and
mental health
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and
learning disability
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services to people of all ages across
Cornwall
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and the
Isles of Scilly
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.
History
The Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust was established in April 1993 before becoming the Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust in April 2002. The Trust achieved
NHS foundation trust
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status in March 2010.
In 2006, the
Commission for Social Care Inspection
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and the
Healthcare Commission
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mounted a joint investigation into widespread institutional abuse of people with learning difficulties in the
Trust
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.
In August 2014, it was revealed that the Trust was considering a merger with
Peninsula Community Health and that the Chief Executive of
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs West Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, Hayle, St Michael's Hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital, and St Austell Hospital - Penrice Birthing Unit, in Cornwall, England.
Histor ...
was also interested in participating.
In 2016, Fowey Community Hospital was closed due to safety concerns. A committee meeting was held on 12 March 2025 to decide on the future of the site.
In January 2018, the trust said it was owed £2.1m by
Cornwall Council
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under the contract for adult community services which it took over in April 2016.
It set up a new unit, Cove Ward at Longreach in
Redruth
Redruth ( , ) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. According to the 2011 census, the population of Redruth was 14,018 In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, ...
in March 2018 as a fast-track rehabilitation service, and to avoid patients being sent out of the area.
Debbie Richards, the chief executive, announced in May 2022 that almost half of the community hospital beds were occupied by patients who have no medical need to be in hospital but could not be discharged because of the shortage of adult social care provision, especially specialist dementia placements, for which there was particularly low capacity in Cornwall.
Sites
The Trust manages the following sites:
Hospitals
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Bodmin Hospital
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Camborne Redruth Community Hospital
*Falmouth Community Hospital
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Helston Community Hospital
*Liskeard Community Hospital
*Launceston Community Hospital
*Newquay Community Hospital
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St Austell Community Hospital
St Austell Community Hospital is a health facility in Porthpean Road, St Austell, Cornwall, England. It is managed by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The facility was commissioned to replace the aging Sedgemoor Priory Hospital ...
*St Barnabas Community Hospital
*St Mary's Community Hospital,
Isles of Scilly
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*Stratton Community Hospital
Other sites
*Longreach House
See also
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Healthcare in Cornwall
Healthcare in Cornwall has been the responsibility of one integrated care board (ICB) since July 2022. This replaced the former Kernow clinical commissioning group (CCG).
The NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board, covers the cere ...
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List of NHS trusts
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References
External links
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