Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was a former

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that ran

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and the

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, both in

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, together with outpatient and diagnostic services in a range of community hospitals, health centres and GP surgeries across southern

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, until its merger in July 2018 with

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, when it created

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. The trust had a substantial

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contract.

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, ISS Mediclean and

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were the partners. Its main hospital,

was built at a cost of £340 million. The repayments on the scheme, £39m a year for 40 years, plus inflation, are set to be well in excess of £1.5bn. Dr. Nigel Sturrock was appointed medical director of the trust in March 2014. In February 2015, it was reported that Chief Executive Sue James had cashed in her pension entitlement by "retiring" on 30 March 2014 for 24 hours before being rehired. In response the trust has denied that any rules were broken. The trust merged with

to form

in 2018.

Performance

The trust had a backlog of 7,200 patients waiting for treatment in April 2015, with 1582 waiting over 18 weeks for treatment. The trust plans to send 250 to

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Derby Hospital at an estimated cost of £1.25m. More may be sent to

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’s Barlborough Treatment Centre. It expects a deficit of £29 million for 2015/6. The trust produced a 117 page investigation in December 2015 of the

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in respect of Sue James' former employment at

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. The report by two independent barristers cost £200,000. It completely exonerates her and describes her performance as chief executive as exemplary and the allegations by Dr David Drew as "misguided". According to the barristers the behaviour of the

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prolonged the investigation and increased its costs.

References

{{Authority control Defunct NHS trusts Health in Derbyshire

Performance

See also

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