Talk:Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2001 and gained Foundation Trust status in 2007. It provides care across four hospital sites in Nottinghamshire - King’s Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital, Mansfield Community Hospital and Ashfield Health Village.

It is the main acute hospitals Trust for the local area, proudly providinghealthcare for 420,000 people across north Nottinghamshire, as well as parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

The Trust provides a comprehensive range of hospital and community services, including planned and emergency surgery, children’s services, obstetric and gynaecological care. Its emergency department at King’s Mill Hospital treats critically ill patients to minor injuries and sees in excess of 110,000 patients every year. Newark Hospital is home to a minor injuries unit/urgent care centre which treats a range of conditions and is open 24 hours a day.

The children and young people’s service cares for patients and their families from birth until adulthood. Its 18-bed neonatal unit at King’s Mill Hospital provides high quality care with seamless antenatal to postnatal care for high risk infants. The unit is part of the Trent Neonatal Network and works closely with children’s services in Leicester and Nottingham. Each year the Trust sees more than 8,000 young patients in its outpatient clinics and more than 4,000 children in its community clinics. More than 3,000 patients are looked after on the dedicated children’s ward.

Each year the hospitals care for more than 39,000 inpatients; 29,000 day case patients; 411,000 outpatients and therapy patients; and more than 3,200 women choose to give birth at its hospitals.

More than 4,000 members of staff work across its hospitals, helped by almost 700 volunteers.

The Trust describes its enduring purpose as being: To champion and deliver the best care, service and wellbeing outcomes for each individual in the communities we serve.

194.176.105.150 (talk) 14:43, 14 November 2014 (UTC)