We are one of the largest and busiest acute trusts in the North West of England.
NHS Foundation Trust status was given to us on July 1st 2007. This enables us to:
- Provide and develop healthcare according to the core NHS principles of free care based on need and not ability to pay
- Have greater freedom to decide our own strategy and the way we run our services
- Retain any financial surplus at the end of the year to reinvest in services and care provision
- Borrow to invest in new and improved services for patients and service users.
We have a key accountability to our local community through our public members and governors. We are also accountable to our commissioners (through contracts), Parliament and Monitor (the independent regulator of foundation trusts).
Providing a comprehensive range of high quality acute care services, our 5,600-strong workforce serves a population of about 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We operate from two main sites. These are Arrowe Park Hospital and Clatterbridge Hospital.
** Please visit our wuth.nhs.uk website for the most current information about our Trust and the services we provide. **
