Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a medium sized district general hospital working across two sites in Surrey:
St Peter's Hospital in
Chertsey
Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in t ...
and
Ashford Hospital
Ashford Hospital is a general hospital in Ashford, Surrey. It is managed by the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Staines Poor Law Union Infirmary which opened in the mid-19th cen ...
in
Ashford.
History
Ashford Hospital was developed from the former
Staines (
Poor law union) Workhouse Infirmary founded under the requirement of statute for each workhouse to offer a separate infirmary (the
Poor Law Amendment Act 1867). The hospital had followed the usual development of such institutions. It operated as an emergency (specialist emergency) hospital during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
.
St Peter's is a site built after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
on much of the former
park surrounding Botleys Mansion, which remains intact, in a semi-rural part of Chertsey. The local parish church has for more than a thousand years been dedicated to
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupat ...
adjoining one of England's
oldest abbeys — some of foundations of the abbey in public gardens and the much-rebuilt church are two kilometres away.
Ashford Hospital & St. Peter’s Hospital NHS Trusts were merged on 1 April 1998. It became a
Foundation Trust
A foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England. They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the abolition of SHAs in 2013, their local s ...
in December 2010.
A plan for the Trust to take over
Epsom Hospital
Epsom Hospital is a teaching hospital in Epsom, Surrey, England. The hospital is situated on Dorking Road south east of the centre of Epsom. It is managed by the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust along with the nearby St Heli ...
was abandoned in October 2012 by NHS London board because a financially viable plan for the future of Epsom hospital as part of the merged trust could not be developed. In May 2014 it was reported that the Trust was proposing to merge with
Royal Surrey County Hospital
The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH) is a 520-bed District General Hospital, located on the fringe of Guildford, run by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in a facility at Farnham Road which opened ...
NHS Foundation Trust. The proposed merger was abandoned in November 2016.
Julie Smith, appointed chief executive in 2022, is, rather unusually, a
radiographer
Radiographers, also known as radiologic technologists, diagnostic radiographers and medical radiation technologists are healthcare professionals who specialize in the imaging of human anatomy for the diagnosis and treatment of pathology. Radi ...
.
Performance
In October 2013 the Trust was categorised as a band six, the best rating, in a hospital intelligence monitoring report published by the
Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England.
I ...
.
The Trust did poorly in the 2015 cancer patient experience survey so paired up with
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which did very well, in a scheme "to spread and accelerate innovative practice via peer to peer support and learning".
Two of Ashford Hospital’s wards, used by the elderly for rehabilitation care, were closed in June 2015 after a review carried out by the
Clinical Commissioning Group
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. On 1 July 2022 they were abolished and replaced by Integ ...
found patients recovered better away from acute hospitals. Rehabilitation will in future be at Walton Community Hospital, Woking Hospital, nursing homes or at patients' own homes.
See also
*
List of NHS trusts
This list of NHS trusts in England provides details of current and former English NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, acute hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, and the unique Isle of Wight NHS Trust. , 217 extant trusts ...
References
External links
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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NHS foundation trusts