Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| Mental health and community trust | |
| Location | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | |
| Employees | 7000 |
| Chair | Derek Brown |
| Chief Executive | Professor Heather Tierney-Moore |
| Links | |
| Website | Lancashire Care |
| Wiki-Links | National Health Service |
Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2002 and authorised as an NHS Foundation Trust on 1 December 2007. It provides community and mental health services across Lancashire, England.
The Trust is building a new £40m mental health inpatient unit in Blackpool, called The Harbour. Ryhurst Ltd, the trust's joint venture partner is managing the development of the scheme, which will be built by IHP, a partnership between VINCI Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine. [1]
In 2013/14 the Trust sent 251 patients to private hospitals at a cost of £3.6m, an increase from 2012/13 when there were 136 referrals at a cost of £2.1m. The Trust said a reduction in social care provision, an increase in mental health presentations and increased complexity of care requirements were to blame. The majority of spending with private hospitals was with the Priory Group Hospital in Preston (£4 million) and £1.2 million with Cygnet Health Care.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Lancashire's Harbour inpatient unit gets go-ahead". Place North West. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mental health bed shortage". Lancashire Evening Post. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.