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An NHS trust is an organisational unit within the National Health Services of England and Wales, generally serving either a geographical area or a specialised function (such as an ambulance service). In any particular location there may be several trusts involved in the different aspects of providing … See more
NHS trusts were established under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and were set up in five waves. Each one was established by a statutory instrument.
NHS trusts are not See moreIn September 2015 Jeremy Hunt was reported as saying "I think we do have too many trusts as independent organisations" in a context where … See more
Several special health authorities, organised on a national basis, deal with NHS-wide issues. An example is NHS Blood and Transplant See more
1990NHS trusts were established under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and were set up in five waves.2013-04-01Primary care trust (PCT) (abolished 1 April 2013), which provided primary care services, public health functions and commissioned secondary care services2015There were about 2,200 non-executives across 470 organisations in the NHS in England in 2015.2015-09In September 2015 Jeremy Hunt was reported as saying "I think we do have too many trusts as independent organisations" in a context where mergers between trusts and the establishment of chains of hospitals were being discussed.2019-12The High Court of Justice decided in December 2019 that NHS trusts were not charities for the purposes of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, so they have to pay business rates at the full rate.2020As of April 2020 there were altogether 217 trusts, and they employ around 800,000 of the NHS's 1.2 million staff. A study by the University of Exeter in 2020 found that in 70 out of the 213 trusts all the board members were white. Overall BAME representation at board level was 8.9%. Medical directors of BAME ethnicity accounted for 19.4%, about the same as the overall percentage of BAME doctors.There are several types of NHS trusts:
• Hospital trust (also known as an acute trust), which provides secondary care services See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA licence WebMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the south east of England. The Trust was legally established on 14 February 2000 and provides a full range of general hospital services, and some …
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