Fact Base

The Trust was one of the first ten Foundation Trusts in the country. It gained FT status in April 2004.

The Trust has an annual turnover of around £155 million

The Trust employs approximately 3,000 members of staff

The Trust has one of only six Ministry of Defence Hospital Units (MDHUs) in the country.

In 2005/06 the Trust saw:

• 251,000 new and follow up patients

• 69,400 A&E attendances

• 31,800 emergency admissions

• 23,700 day cases

• 9,000 elective in-patients

The Trust had only nine cases of MRSA bacteraemia for the 2005/06 - placing the Trust in the top ten highest performing trusts for infection control in the country

The Trust has three hospitals; Peterborough District, the Edith Cavell and Stamford & Rutland Hospital

The Trust's cataract service won the first ever Prime Minister's Award for Excellence. 

In 2005 the Trust was awarded a Nursing Times' Top 100 Employers Award