Care system NHS England Emergency department Yes Phone +44 1284 713000 Number of beds 430 (approx) | Hospital type District general Lists Hospitals in England Founded 1832 | |
Location Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk, England Address Hardwick Ln, Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 2QZ, UK Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Similar Addenbrooke's Hospital, James Paget Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Broomfield Hospital | ||
West suffolk nhs foundation trust winscribe epro case study david martin
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust runs West Suffolk Hospital which is a large district general hospital in Bury St Edmunds, England. Founded in 1832, It provides a wide range of services to the population of west Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 600 square miles with a population of around 275,000 people.
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History
West Suffolk Hospital was founded in 1832, and moved to its current site in 1973. It became an NHS Trust in 1993. In 2002, the hospital was widely publicised as Myra Hindley had died there.
Hospital services
West Suffolk includes Accident & Emergency, Maternity, Oncology and Palliative Care services.
In June 2013, Frederick Hervey, 8th Marquess of Bristol, opened the new Friends of the Hospital shop.
The trust is adopting the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system, hoping to go live with the new system in October 2015.
Performance
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 2604 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.86%. 78% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 76% recommended it as a place to work.
In September 2016, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars.