Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs Christchurch Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Type of Trust
NHS hospital trust
Trust Details
Last annual budget
Employees
Chair David Moss
Chief Executive Tony Spotswood
Links
Website Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch
Care Quality Commission reports CQC
Monitor Monitor

The Trust gained foundation status in 2005.[1] A merger first proposed in November 2011 [2] between the Trust and Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the first merger proposed between two NHS Foundation Trusts was blocked in October 2013 by the Competition Commission in its first intervention into the NHS.[3] In September a judicial review brought against Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group which challenged renewed merger proposals was rejected by the High Court. It is proposed that the emergency department at Poole will be downgraded to an urgent care centre and the Poole site will become an elective centre. Emergency work will be concentrated at the Bournemouth site.[4] In April 2020 the Competition and Markets Authority approved the merger proposal. They said: “The CMA’s investigation in this case has confirmed that competition between NHS hospitals now plays little role in the provision of NHS services in the east Dorset area, with collaboration often viewed as a better way to meet increasing demands for care and deliver better value.” It is not yet clear when the merger will happen. [5]

Dr Basil Fozard, who retired from the Trust in May 2015 and claimed his pension, was re-employed by the Trust in July 2015 as medical director on a salary of £152,000, £20,000 more than his previous salary. This was denounced by the local MP Christopher Chope but defended by the Trust's chief executive Tony Spotswood.[6]

Performance
Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission.[7]

In November 2014 the Trust faced difficulties with discharging patients. 70 patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital were fit to leave but were still on wards. The Trust said it was considering the possibility of legal action to evict patients.[8]

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See also

References
  1. "Christchurch Hospital". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. "Timeline: Bournemouth and Poole merger saga". Health Service Journal. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  3. "Hospital merger blocked by Competition Commission". Bournemouth Echo. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  4. "Acute reconfiguration to go ahead after CCG wins judicial review". Health Service Journal. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. "Regulator approves long-running merger plans". Health Service Journal. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. "Tony Spotswood breaks his silence over Basil Fozard scandal". Bournemouth Echo. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. "NHS Trusts put in risk categories - full list". Independent. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  8. "Bournemouth Hospital bed blockers 'face legal action'". BBC News. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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