02.07.12
North Yorkshire NHS merger ‘just the beginning’
Ten hospitals in North Yorkshire are now being run by a single trust, afterScarboroughand North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust was identified as financially unsustainable.
Over 2,000 staff from Scarborough will be transferred to York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – a new single organisation that will employ 8,500 staff across ten hospitals in North andEast Yorkshire.
The Scarborough trust ran hospital services in Scarborough, Malton, Whitby and Bridlington, but was recently identified as one of 20 NHS trusts in England that were no longer financially sustainable.
Patrick Crowley, chief executive of the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “In many respects this marks the beginning rather than the end of the process. It is now that much of the detailed work must be undertaken to integrate the two organisations and ensure we’re all working towards bringing the best out of the new trust and making sure we’re offering the very best services that our patients deserve.
“We are optimistic that becoming one organisation will enable us to meet future challenges and ensure the continuation of high quality, safe and sustainable services acrossNorth Yorkshire.”
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