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Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs Queen's Hospital Burton on Trent, Samuel Johnson Community Hospital at Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital at Tamworth.
In July 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into special measures by Monitor In October 2013 the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission. It was put into a buddying arrnagement with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Three new non-executive directors were recruited in December 2014 as part of the drive to improve standards. It was taken out of special measures in October 2015 after the CQC agreed that it had improved.
Ten more Italian nurses were recruited in December 2014, joining an earlier contingent recruited from Portugal.
In March 2015 it was reported that the number of staff who have had to take time off for mental health-related problems had increased dramatically. In 2009 1,231 days were taken off for mental illness-related reasons by 56 staff. In 2014, when 223 workers took a total of 7,517 days off. This is about 20% of the total 40,074 days sick leave during the year.
The Trust set up a partnership with Health Innovation Partners Ltd., a joint venture of Arcadis NV and Morgan Sindall Group to manage and develop its estate over 10 years.
In 2014/5 the trust was given a loan of £6.3 million by the Department of Health which is supposed to be paid back in five years.