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Foundation trusts were announced by Health Secretary Alan Milburn in 2002, [2] and the legislative basis was the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003. The first ten NHS hospitals to become foundation trusts were announced in 2004. [3]
Any Qualified Provider (AQP) is a contractual system within the NHS internal market of the English National Health Service.The system was introduced under the Labour administration in 2009/10 under the name "Any Willing Provider" and was accelerated under the coalition Government which formed in 2010.
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, established 1 November 1991 as Airedale NHS Trust, [2] authorised as a foundation trust on 1 June 2010. [3]Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, established 21 December 1990 as Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust, [4] changed its name to The Royal Liverpool Children's National Health Service Trust on 15 March 1996, [5 ...
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. [16] In September, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars. [17]
On 1 April 2004 Foundation Trust status was established, one of the first NHS organisations in the country to achieve the foundation trust position. The Trust provides acute hospital care predominantly across Stockport and the High Peak and employs over 5,800 staff working across two hospital sites and over 41 community clinics.
While the Health and Social Care Act 2008 does not distinguish between types of health or social care service, in practice, the CQC has different regulatory approaches for: Ambulances – NHS and independent services [46] Care homes – including residential and nursing homes [47] Clinics – including family planning and slimming clinic [48]
The trust does not have any high dependency or complex care rehabilitation beds. [5] By 2021 the trust had securing funding to open around 90 additional beds, including a 28-bed unit in Wesham, and 32 on the Calderstones Hospital site in Whalley which the trust is to inherit from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. [6]
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