Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

NHS hospital trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Type| NHS foundation trust
Established| 1 November 1993
Headquarters| Odstock Road
Salisbury
SP2 8BJ[1]
Hospitals| Salisbury District Hospital
Chief executive| Stacey Hunter
Website| www.salisbury.nhs.uk

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust based in Salisbury that covers South Wiltshire, North and East Dorset and South West Hampshire. It gained foundation trust status in 2006. Its main site is Salisbury District Hospital, a large general hospital.

Stacey Hunter, who began her career as a nurse, was appointed as chief executive officer in June 2020.[2]

## Structure

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In 2013 the trust established a subsidiary company, Salisbury Trading Limited, providing laundry services, to which 77 estates and facilities staff were transferred. The intention was to achieve VAT benefits, as well as pay bill savings, by recruiting new staff on less expensive non-NHS contracts. VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The Value Added Tax Act 1994 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted-out services.[3]

## Performance

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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 September 2014 the trust was placed in the top 100 healthcare employers in the country by the Best Companies Group on the basis of a staff survey on quality of leadership, staff communications, training and development and the working environment.[4] 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 2752 full time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.37%. 83% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 75% recommended it as a place to work.[5]

The trust decided to implement a Lorenzo patient record system in August 2015. It expects cash releasing savings of £12m over 10 years.[6]

In March 2016 the Trust was ranked fifth in the Learning from Mistakes League.[7]

## See also

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* List of NHS trusts

## References

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1. ^ "Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust". NHS England. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
2. ^ Ford, Steve (25 June 2020). "Nurse replaces nurse as chief executive of Wiltshire acute trust". Nursing Times. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
3. ^ "In full: Trusts with staff transfer plans". Health Service Journal. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
4. ^ "Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust placed in top 100 healthcare employers in country". Blackmore Vale Magazine. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
5. ^ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
6. ^ "Salisbury NHS signs up to Lorenzo electronic patient record system". Computer Weekly. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
7. ^ "Trusts ranked in 'learning from mistakes' league". Health Service Journal. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

## External links

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* Official website
* Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States

People|

* ISIL: GB-UkSbFT