Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust runs Pontefract Hospital, Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield and Dewsbury and District Hospital and community health services in Wakefield, all in West Yorkshire, England.

It has been under financial pressure for many years. In April 2012 it was described as "among the small group of the most visibly troubled providers nationally" and the possibility the trust will be split in three and joined with other local providers was considered.^[1] In October 2013 it was proposing to reconfigure services between the three sites.^[2]

In November 2013 it was revealed that the beds at Dewsbury and District Hospital would drop from 360 to 110 if the radical shake up goes ahead.^[3] The number of beds at Pinderfields would rise from 730 to 810.

Balfour Beatty built Pinderfields and Pontefract hospitals as part of a private finance initiative deal with Royal Bank of Scotland. They were leased back from the companies by the Trust over 35 years. In 2011, through its subsidiary Royal Bank Project Investments, RBS sold its 50% stake to HICL Infrastructure, an investment company originally set up by HSBC bank. Balfour Beatty sold its 50% interest in the hospitals for £61.5m, a profit of £42.2 million in October 2014.^[4]

See also

• Kate Granger
• List of hospitals in England
• List of NHS trusts

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