South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| NHS hospital trust | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | |
| Employees | |
| Chair | |
| Chief Executive | Mairead McAlinden |
| Links | |
| Website | South Devon Healthcare |
| Care Quality Commission reports | CQC |
| Monitor | Monitor |
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of hospital services in Torbay. It runs Torbay Hospital. The area is seen as pioneering in the English NHS because of the work done with Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust to integrate health and social care.[1] In November 2013 it was selected as one of 14 Pioneer site for integrated care development.[2]
The Trust's Chief Executive, Dr Paula Vasco-Knight, was suspended in February 2014 after allegations that she improperly gave her daughter's boyfriend a job as equality and diversity manager in July 2012 were upheld by an Employment tribunal. This followed the resignation of the Trust Chair Peter Hildrew, and his acting replacement Topsy Murray. Following the tribunal Dr Vasco-Knight resigned from her position as NHS England’s national lead for equality and diversity.[3] She resigned from the Trust in June 2014.[4]
Mairead McAlinden, former Chief Executive of the Southern Health and Social Care Health Trust was appointed Chief Executive in January 2015.[5]
The Trust did very well in the 2014 cancer patient experience survey and has agreed to pair up with North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, which did badly, in a scheme intended to “spread and accelerate innovative practice via peer to peer support and learning”.[6]
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References
- ↑ "INTEGRATING HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IS MORE THAN A PASSING FAD". PublicNet. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ↑ "Fourteen areas gain 'integration pioneer' status". Pulse. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ↑ "Vasco-Knight suspended with immediate effect". Health Service Journal. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ "Torbay Hospital boss Paula Vasco-Knight resigns her post". Torquay Herald Express. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "Chief move a ‘massive blow’ to health trust". Lurgan Mail. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "'Pioneering' cancer care buddying scheme launched". Health Service Journal. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.