Sirona Care & Health

Sirona Care & Health is a Community Interest Company based in Bath, Somerset which provides publicly funded health and social care services. It runs Paulton Memorial Hospital.

It was established in October 2011 under the provisions of the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 as part of the Transforming Community Services initiative.[1] About 1700 staff were then transferred into the company from the NHS and the local authority in Bath and North East Somerset. In 2013 the company won a contract for specialist healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in South Gloucestershire which resulted in the transfer of 50 people from Bristol Community Healthcare. In April 2014 the company got another contract to provide other adult community healthcare services in South Gloucestershire and 450 people transferred in from North Bristol NHS Trust.

Apprenticeships have been offered by the company in various areas connected with social care.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bath moves social care and NHS services to a social enterprise". Guardian. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Apprentices get their chance to shine with Sirona Care and Health". Bath Chronicle. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

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