Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was an
NHS foundation trust
An NHS foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service (England), National Health Service in England. They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the a ...
which ran
Southend University Hospital. It merged with two other trusts to form
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust based in Essex, England. It runs three major hospitals across Essex, and a number of smaller community hospitals. One of the biggest NHS trusts in the country, it serves a popul ...
on 1 April 2020.
History
The trust was established as the Southend Health Care Services NHS Trust on 17 December 1990, and became operational on 1 April 1991. It changed its name to the Southend Hospital NHS Trust on 19 December 1997, and became a
foundation trust
An NHS foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England. They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the abolition of SHAs in 2013, their loc ...
in 2006.
A joint pathology venture with
and Integrated Pathology Partnerships was set up in August 2014. A new laboratory will be built at Dobson House, in Bentalls, Basildon.
The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital from April 2015 until January 2017 was Sue Hardy. Hardy resigned in January 2017 to "pursue other opportunities as the trust moves into a new era". The medical director is Neil Rothnie and the Chairman of Consultant Staff Committee is Sohail Ansari.
A merger with
and
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
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.
A ...
was proposed in January 2018. On 31 July 2019 the
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The secretary of state for health and social care, also referred to as the health secretary, is a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Departmen ...
endorsed the merger and a provisional date of 1 April 2020 was agreed.
Performance
In June 2014, the Trust was described as having "one of the worst performing accident and emergency departments in the country", which "repeatedly failed to consistently meet the national target of seeing most A&E patients within four hours, and ensure most wait less than 18 weeks for operations" by
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.
See also
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Healthcare in Essex
Healthcare in Essex is now the responsibility of six clinical commissioning groups: Basildon and Brentwood, Mid Essex, North East Essex, Southend, Thurrock and West Essex.
History
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References
External links
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