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An NHS trust is an organisational unit within the National Health Services of England and Wales, generally serving either a geographical area or a specialised function (such as an ambulance service). In any particular location there may be several trusts involved in the different aspects of providing healthcare to the local population.
A mental health trust provides health and social care services for people with mental health disorders in England. [1] There are 54 mental health trusts. They are commissioned and funded by clinical commissioning groups. Patients usually access the services of mental health trusts through their GP (primary care medical doctor) or via a stay in ...
Health and Social Care (often abbreviated to HSC or H&SC) is a term that relates to services that are available from health and social care providers in the UK. This is a generic term used to refer to the whole of the healthcare provision infrastructure, and private sector. [ 1 ]
Social services, such as education, have been required to adapt to changing social conditions while still providing essential services. [27] Social services have expanded worldwide through the introduction of economic stimulus packages, with governments globally committing US$130 Billion as of June 2020 to manage the pandemic.
In some places community services were transferred to an existing mental health trust or hospital trust. [2] In South West England there was considerable pressure for staff to establish social enterprises such as Peninsula Community Health to take on these services.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 [4] formally changed the organisation's name to Monitor and gave it additional duties. In addition to assessing NHS trusts for foundation trust status and ensuring that foundation trusts are well led, in terms of quality and finances, [5] Monitor had a duty to:
Trusts are the statutory bodies responsible for the management of staff, health and social care services on the ground and have control their own budgets. The 19 health and social services trusts were merged into six health and social care trusts, which became operational on 1 April 2007. The six trusts are: [11] Belfast Health and Social Care ...
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2567 (C.109)) The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2862 (C.126)) The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 13, Transitory and Transitional Provisions and Electronic Communications) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3023 (C ...