Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

Cannock Chase Hospital

The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is a NHS foundation trust which manages two hospitals:

• Stafford Hospital (52°48′39″N 2°05′54″W / 52.8107°N 2.0983°W / 52.8107; -2.0983 (Stafford Hospital)Coordinates: 52°48′39″N 2°05′54″W / 52.8107°N 2.0983°W / 52.8107; -2.0983 (Stafford Hospital)) - acute hospital with approximately 350 inpatient beds, opened in 1983
• Cannock Chase Hospital (52°41′33″N 2°01′51″W / 52.6925°N 2.0307°W / 52.6925; -2.0307 (Cannock Chase Hospital)) - approximately 115 inpatient beds, opened in 1991

The trust was awarded NHS foundation trust status on 1 February 2008. Previously it was named Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust, which had been created in 1993.

The trust serves about 320,000 people from Stafford, Cannock, Rugeley and the surrounding rural areas. About 3,000 employees work in the two hospitals.^[1]

The trust provides services commissioned by South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT), which was created in 2006 by a merger of four PCTs: Burntwood, Lichfield & Tamworth, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire and South Western Staffordshire. The trust is in the area covered by the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority.^[1]

Stafford Hospital scandal

The trust has been at the centre of the major Stafford Hospital scandal in which it is estimated that because of the substandard care between 400 and 1200 more patients died between 2005 and 2008 than would be expected for the type of hospital.^[2] The 2010 independent investigation report recommended that the regulator, Monitor, de-authorise the Foundation Trust status.^[3] In June 2010, the new government announced that a full public inquiry is expected to report in March 2011.^[4] The inquiry began on 8 November 2010.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Investigation into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Healthcare Commission, March 2009, pp. 16–17, ISBN 978-1-84562-220-6, http://www.cqc.org.uk/_db/_documents/Investigation_into_Mid_Staffordshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust.pdf, retrieved 6 May 2009 
2. ^ Emily Cook (March 18, 2009). "Stafford hospital scandal: Up to 1,200 may have died over "shocking" patient care". Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/03/18/up-to-1-200-may-have-died-over-shocking-patient-care-at-stafford-hospital-115875-21206422/. Retrieved May 6, 2009. 
3. ^ Robert Francis QC (24 February 2010). Robert Francis Inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. House of Commons. ISBN 978-0-10-296439-4. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_113018. Retrieved 2010-02-24. 
4. ^ Nick Triggle (9 June 2010). "Public inquiry into scandal-hit Stafford Hospital". BBC. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5264078/Death-rates-victory-after-Stafford-scandal.html. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
5. ^ "Stafford Hospital public inquiry opens". BBC. 8 November 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11696735. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 

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• Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust website
• The Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry