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Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
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- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Colon & Rectal Surgeon
- Daibetes, Endocrinology
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- ENT
- Gastro-enterology
- Gynaecology
- Maxillofacial Surgery
- Neurologist
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Pathology Lab
- Plastic Surgery
- Urology
- Vascular Surgeon
- X-Ray
Total Number Of Beds : 403
Description
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust is a 403 bed high performing acute district general hospital committed to providing a caring and safe environment for our patients and staff The Trust provides a range of services to over 270000 people living predominantly in north and mid Bedfordshire and is the vascular hub for the county Services are delivered mainly from one site at Bedford Hospital South Wing and are managed and delivered by three clinical divisions medicine and diagnostics surgery and anesthetics womens and childrens services
Bedford Hospital has earned a reputation for the high quality of its services and has been named as one of the top 40 hospitals for seven successive years by the independent data analyst CHKS The Trust consistently scores well in the annual Dr Foster Good Hospital guide and has won many prestigious awards for the quality of food cleanliness and operational performance
Bedford Hospital has over 2000 members of staff and a current turnover of approximately pound1212million The hospital enjoys strong community support with over 200 volunteers at the Trust and over pound6 million being raised by the independent Bedford Hospitals Charity over the past 10 years The fantastic support from the hospital charity has enabled the Trust to build a dedicated cancer centre the Primrose unit and the womens and childrens services wing Cygnet wing The charity are also currently raising money to refurbish the birthing suite and to build a new birthing pool
The Trusts ethos is every patient matters and its vision is to provide patient focused high quality acute hospital care to meet the needs of our local community and is constantly working with staff to find new ways of working to ensure that this vision is achieved
Bedford Hospital is a forward thinking Trust and is always looking for new ways to upgrade and improve the services it offers The Trust is currently mid way through its Foundation Trust application process Becoming a Foundation Trust will mean that Bedford Hospital will gain freedom from central government control and instead will become accountable to its staff its patients and its local community Please click on the link below to find out more about the Foundation Trust application
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