Hospital type District General Beds 800 (approx) Founded 1910 | Emergency department Yes Phone +44 1473 712233 | |
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Website www.ipswichhospital.nhs.uk Profiles | ||
Ipswich hospital emergency department experience
Ipswich Hospital, known as East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital until 1955, a large district general hospital in Suffolk, England. It provides a wide range of services to the population of east Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 360,000 people.
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- Ipswich hospital emergency department experience
- Nursing is at ipswich hospital
- Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
- References
It is a busy district general hospital providing a wide range of emergency, medical, surgical and maternity services to its users. The hospital is currently working towards becoming a NHS Foundation Trust.
The Trust is implementing the Lorenzo patient record systems, having accepted a controversial financial support package.
The future of the hospital has become an issue in local politics, with campaigns to keep cancer and heart services in the hospital. The Conservative candidate for the 2010 General election, Ben Gummer claimed that his "first priority is to save Ipswich Hospital".
In November 2013 it was reported that the Trust had failed to meet a number of targets set by the Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and faced financial penalties at a time when it already faced a deficit of £5.5 million.
Local MP Dan Poulter was pictured opening the refurbished Brook Maternity ward in December 2013.
Nursing is at ipswich hospital
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust runs the hospital. It is one of the partners in the Pathology Partnership established in March 2014 and acts as one of two hubs for pathology in the region.
In 2014 the trust was the fifth best in England on the target of seeing 95% of people who attend accident and emergency departments within four hours. It achieved 96.6%, despite an 11% increase in non-elective admissions. The trust has developed a tool that gives three hours’ warning when the target is likely to be breached, based on factors such as acuity and intensive therapy unit bed numbers.
In 2016 it was announced that was to have a “long term partnership” with Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust and Nick Hulme, the Chief Executive, took charge of it. A future merger is contemplated.