West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which runs West Suffolk Hospital, a large district general hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The Trust provides a wide range of services to the population of west Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 600 square miles with a population of around 280,000 people.[1]

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
TypeNHS foundation trust
HospitalsWest Suffolk Hospital
Websitewww.wsh.nhs.uk

It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 2604 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.86%. 78% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 76% recommended it as a place to work.[2]

The trust went live with the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system in May 2016.[3] In September 2016, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Annual report and accounts 2018/19" (PDF). West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. 28 May 2019. p. 9. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. McBeth, Rebecca (3 May 2016). "West Suffolk live with £19m Cerner EHR". Digital Health. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. "New plans to expand the use of digital technology across the NHS". gov.uk. Department of Health and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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