Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | |
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Established | 1 April 2004 |
Hospitals | |
Chair | Tony Warne |
Chief executive | Karen James |
Staff | 5,000 (2020) |
Website | www |
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital as well as other community and specialist services in Stockport.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services for children and adults across Stockport and the High Peak area of Derbyshire, as well as community health services for Stockport, Tameside and Glossop. On 1 April 2004 Foundation Trust status was established, one of the first NHS organisations in the country to achieve the foundation trust position. The Trust provides acute hospital care predominantly across Stockport and the High Peak and employs over 5,800 staff working across two hospital sites and over 41 community clinics. Tony Warne is the Trust's Chairman, after taking over in May 2021.[1]