Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an

NHS 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 ...

formed on 1 April 2020. It runs

Bedford Hospital Bedford Hospital is a 400-bed district general hospital located in the English town of Bedford, serving north and mid Bedfordshire run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital was founded by Samuel Whitbread, the ...

and

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is an acute hospital in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides medical and surgical services for over 350,000 people in southern Bedfordshire, the nor ...

History

The trust was formed on 1 April 2020 by the acquisition of Bedford Hospital NHS Trust by

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was an NHS foundation trust which ran Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. The trust acquired Bedford Hospital NHS Trust on 1 April 2020, forming Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Founda ...

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