Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
|---|---|
| Former name | Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Created | 5 June 1992 |
| Made foundation | 1 July 2007 |
| Headquarters | Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton |
| Coordinates | 53°22′12″N 3°05′46″W / 53.369876°N 3.095984°W |
| Region served | Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral area |
| NHS region | NHS England North |
| Type | NHS Foundation Trust |
| Establishments | |
| Chair | Michael Carr |
| Chief Exec | David Allison |
| Website | www |
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) is an NHS Foundation Trust. It provides healthcare for people of the Wirral Peninsula and the surrounding areas of North West England and North Wales.
The trust is responsible for Arrowe Park Hospital, Clatterbridge Hospital, and Wirral Women and Children's Hospital. It also provides some services at St Catherine's Health Centre, Tranmere and Victoria Central Health Centre, Wallasey.
Prior to gaining teaching accreditation and authorisation as a Foundation Trust status in 2007, the trust was known as Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust.
The former hospital trust took control of the Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge sites from Wirral Health Authority in 1992.
The Wirral Women and Children's Hospital was founded in 2011 following redevelopment of the maternity annexe on the Arrowe Park campus.
In March 2012, the UK health sector regulator, Monitor, found the trust was "persistently failing" the 18-week waiting time target. It also had concerns about the way the board was run. Chief executive, Len Richards, had already left the trust in August 2011 following a vote of no confidence. His replacement, David Allison, joined the trust in April 2012. Since Mr Richards' departure, all of the previous Executive Board members have left. The last, Sue Green (director of human resources), was made redundant following a restructure of the senior management team.
In February 2013, Monitor reported that "significant improvements" had been made in reducing waiting times for patients needing routine surgery with the Trust consistently achieving the standard for referring patients for treatment within 18 weeks. Monitor also recognised the "important improvements" made by the Board of Directors in the way the Trust is run and engages with clinical staff. As a result of this Monitor concluded in February 2013 that the Trust was longer in breach of its terms of authorisation. In November 2013, Monitor opened a new investigation into the trust's financial performance. That investigation was concluded in 2014, with the report from March of that year noting that "the trust is working hard to address our concerns about its finances and these improvements are already happening".
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