Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Type of Trust
NHS hospital trust
Trust Details
Last annual budget £535m million
Employees 7,136
Chair Julian Lee
Chief Executive Matthew Kershaw
Links
Website Brighton and Sussex University Hospital
Care Quality Commission reports CQC

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust runs two acute hospitals, the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath). Additionally, it also operates a number of other hospitals and medical facilities, including the Royal Alexander Children's and Sussex Eye Hospitals in Brighton and Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre in Haywards Heath. BSUH is not responsible for the running of either Brighton General Hospital or Mill View Hospital (Hove), these being the responsibility of Sussex Community NHS Trust and Sussex Partnership NHS Trust respectively.

Development programme

The Trust plans a £484.7 million public capital development programme for the modernisation of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, which has the oldest buildings in the NHS still used for acute care.[1] Treasury funding for the redevelopment was approved in May 2014.[2] Laing O'Rourke started work on the project on September 2014 by constructing temporary buildings.[3] It is expected to be completed by 2024.

In June 2012 the trust was fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office after highly sensitive files of tens of thousands of patients, including details of HIV treatment, ended up being sold on eBay.[4]

In February 2014 the Trust announced it was updating its policy to include e-cigarettes in a blanket ban on smoking in its buildings and grounds.[5]

Performance

A Care Quality Commission report in August 2014 found there had been a “significant increase” in disciplinary cases related to race discrimination. It also said that accident and emergency services at Royal Sussex County Hospital were inadequate for responsiveness, suffered significant pressures and lacked sufficient physical space to deal with the number of patients that attended.[6]

In March 2015 it was announced that the trust's 5-year contract with Sodexo for cleaning, catering and portering services which started in December 2012 would be terminated early in July 2015 by mutual consent after problems with staff pay and safety concerns over equipment and cleanliness standards.[7]

The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/5 winter.[8] The trust spent £14.7 million on agency staff in 2014/5.[9]

It expects a deficit of £16.7 million for 2015/6.[10]

Controversy

The Black and Minority Ethnic Network in the Trust passed a vote of no confidence in the trust board in November 2015. A Care Quality Commission report in April 2014 reported that inspectors were told some BME staff felt disadvantaged and were subject to racially motivated bullying and harassment. A petition was circulated claiming that “BME people are being subjected to unprecedented levels of racial discrimination, harassment and victimisation.”[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Analysed: the foundation trust pipeline in Sussex". Health Service Journal. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Osborne agrees £420m for Brighton rebuild". Health Service Journal. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "O’Rourke starts work on £420m Brighton hospital". Construction Enquirer. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "NHS trust fined over privacy breach". The Argus. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "E-cigarettes banned from Royal Sussex because they look too real". The Argus. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Brighton and Sussex records surge in race discrimination cases". Health Service Journal. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Hospital trust ends £15m contract for cleaning, catering and portering from private firm Sodexo". The Argus. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach". Health Service Journal. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Agency spending: the real picture". Health Service Journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Hospital rebuild finally approved 18 months after Osborne go-ahead". Health Service Journal. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hospital trust in racism row as black and minority ethnic staff call on leaders to stand down". The Argus. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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