Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
TypeNHS foundation trust
Established1 November 1991
Disbanded1 April 2020
HospitalsBasildon University Hospital
Staff4,935 (2019/20)[1]

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provided healthcare for people in south west Essex, in the East of England. There were two hospitals in the trust, a specialist cardiothoracic centre and one clinical centre: Basildon University Hospital, Orsett Hospital, The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre[2] and Billericay St. Andrew's Centre. It became a Foundation Trust in 2004.

A merger with Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust was proposed in January 2018.[3] On 31 July 2019 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care endorsed the merger and a provisional date of 1 April 2020 was agreed.[4]

  1. ^ "Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019". Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Essex CTC". Basildonandthurrock.nhs.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Basildon, Southend and Broomfield hospitals back merger plans". BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group CEO comments on IRP decision". Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. 31 July 2019.