Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Type of Trust
NHS health and social care trust
NHS Region
NHS
Location
Trust Details
Last annual budget
Employees more than 4,000
Chair
Chief Executive Sarah Dugan
Links
Website Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Wiki-Links National Health Service

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust was established in Worcestershire, England, on 1 July 2011 to manage services previously managed by Worcestershire Primary Care NHS Trust's Provider Arm, as well as the mental health services that were managed by Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

According to the trust’s clinical director for older adult mental health Dr Bernie Coope about 8,500 people in Worcestershire – 3.4% of the entire population are living with dementia in 2015, and this figure is increasing by 3% each year.[1]

Campaign group Betrayed By Their Trust has claimed it has evidence of “a highly abusive culture” at the Trust. The trust employs more than 4,000 staff and has received 2 claims of bullying or harassment during 2014, both of which are under investigation. The trust’s chief executive Sarah Dugan said they would co-operate with a review but refuted any allegations of a “bullying culture” by saying “Our recent staff survey, which is anonymous, revealed that the vast majority had never experienced any form of harassment, bullying or discrimination from their manager, team leader or other colleagues”.[2]

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 3127 full time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.36%. 69% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 58% recommended it as a place to work.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Overhaul for dementia care in Worcestershire". Worcester News. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Health trust boss hits back at bullying claims". Bromsgrove Advertiser. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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