South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Region served Middlesbrough, Northallerton
Type NHS hospital trust
Establishments
Chair Deborah Jenkins MBE
Chief Exec Professor Tricia Hart
Website www.southtees.nhs.uk

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the management of two North East hospitals, James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, and Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.

The Trust was highlighted by NHS England as having 3 of 148 reported never events in the period from April to September 2013.[1]

The Trust logged 466 breaches of the 30 minute handover rule from ambulances to its A&E department during the same period as well as 126 breaches of the 60 minute target, triggering fines of £219,000.[2]

A Care Quality Commission survey found that the Trust was among the best in England for its maternity services in December 2013.[3]

In June 2014, after 3 years of discussion, it was agreed that the Trust would replace the consultant led maternity service at Friarage Hospital with one led by midwives and transfer its specialist inpatient paediatric services to four other hospitals.[4]

The Trust did poorly in the 2014 cancer patient experience survey and has agreed to pair up with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which did very well, in a scheme intended to “spread and accelerate innovative practice via peer to peer support and learning”.[5]

The Trust uses BMI Healthcare's Woodlands Hospital in Darlington to help with elective surgery capacity problems, usually in the winter. This often involves the same surgeon working on a Sunday.[6]


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References

  1. ↑ "NHS reveals 'never event' figures". Sheffield Star. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Huge fines for NHS trusts as thousands of patients are kept waiting in ambulances". Northern Echo. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bosses explain why maternity services are now in 'top ten' nationally". Northern Echo. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Hunt backs maternity reconfiguration in North Yorkshire". Health Service Journal. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "'Pioneering' cancer care buddying scheme launched". Health Service Journal. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Commissioning supplement: External providers can lend a hand". Health Service Journal. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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