Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust operates in the city of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

It is based on two sites (Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital). The Trust is in the top 5 largest trusts in England and provides acute care for a local population of 600,000 and over 1.2 million people for tertiary services.

The Trust employs over 6,000 people and has an annual budget of approximately £300 million.

The Trust is one of a small number implementing the Lorenzo patient record systems [1] having accepted a controversial financial support package.

In November 2013 Diabetes UK complained that the diabetes-related amputation rate in Hull and the East Riding is one of the highest in the country and that only 30.4 per cent of inpatients with diabetes at the Trust have their feet assessed.[2]

The Care Quality Commission published an extensive report on the Trust in May 2014 which found shortage of staff in several areas, “Some staff felt pressure to meet performance targets and spoke of a bullying culture in some areas.”.[3] A report by Acas in October 2014 recounted that employees interviewed reported “aggressive behaviour”, including being “pushed and prodded”, having staff put a hand in their face to stop them speaking, and being called “incompetent, underperforming, useless, thick and dopey”. Examples were also produced of staff being refused compassionate leave to be with their sick or dying close relatives, and many staff said that the sickness policy was “used as a weapon”.[4]

The Trust’s risk register in May 2014 said plans to deploy Lorenzo patient record systems might be “unrealistic”, and that it had “insufficient capacity and insufficient funding” to support the project. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Second trust takes financial help from DH for IT system". Health Service Journal. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Diabetes UK calls for action on high amputation rates in Hull and East Riding". Hull Daily Mail. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Highlights of Care Quality Commission report on Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust". Hull Daily Mail. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Yorkshire trust has 'culture of bullying', report claims". Health Service Journal. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Lorenzo implementation linked to data delays". Health Service Journal. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

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