Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a public benefit, not-for-profit NHS
organisation providing mental health services primarily to the resident population of the Royal County of Berkshire, England
, in the United Kingdom
.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established as an NHS Trust
on the 1st April 2000 following the dissolution of two former NHS organisations on the 31st March 2000, namely West Berkshire Priority Care NHS Trust and East Berkshire Learning Disability NHS Trust. Mental health services were also transferred from Heatherwood & Wexham Park NHS Trust.
Foundation Trust Status
On the 2nd May 2007, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust was licensed as a foundation trust, giving it greater freedom from central government
and Health Authority control.
Geographics
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a widely dispersed organisation with clinical services at several locations across the whole of the Royal County of Berkshire.
The majority of community mental health services are aligned with the six unitary authorities
of Berkshire of Slough Borough Council
; Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead; Bracknell Forest Borough Council; Wokingham Borough Council; Reading Borough Council and West Berkshire District Council. Each unitary authority area has its own Community Mental Health Team which provides teams of social service and health workers providing a joined up care and support to those in need of mental health
support in those locations.
Inpatient services are provided in four locations across the Royal County of Berkshire: St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead; Wexham Park Hospital
in Slough, Berkshire; Heatherwood Hospital
in Ascot, Berkshire
; and Prospect Park Hospital in Reading, Berkshire
.
Berkshire Shared Services
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust hosts a shared support services functions called Berkshire Shared Services that provides back office
Financial, Health Informatics, and Facilities & Estates services to other NHS organisations in Berkshire, England.
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
organisation providing mental health services primarily to the resident population of the Royal County of Berkshire, England
England
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, in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established as an NHS Trust
NHS Trust
A National Health Service trust provides services on behalf of the National Health Service in England and NHS Wales.The trusts are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. Each trust is headed by a board consisting of executive and non-executive directors, and is...
on the 1st April 2000 following the dissolution of two former NHS organisations on the 31st March 2000, namely West Berkshire Priority Care NHS Trust and East Berkshire Learning Disability NHS Trust. Mental health services were also transferred from Heatherwood & Wexham Park NHS Trust.
Foundation Trust Status
On the 2nd May 2007, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust was licensed as a foundation trust, giving it greater freedom from central government
Central government
A central government also known as a national government, union government and in federal states, the federal government, is the government at the level of the nation-state. The structure of central governments varies from institution to institution...
and Health Authority control.
Geographics
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a widely dispersed organisation with clinical services at several locations across the whole of the Royal County of Berkshire.
The majority of community mental health services are aligned with the six unitary authorities
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
of Berkshire of Slough Borough Council
Slough Borough Council
Slough Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Slough, in the South East England Region of the United Kingdom.This article deals mainly with the unitary authority which was first elected, on a shadow basis, in 1997. It became the local authority for Slough on 1 April 1998...
; Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead; Bracknell Forest Borough Council; Wokingham Borough Council; Reading Borough Council and West Berkshire District Council. Each unitary authority area has its own Community Mental Health Team which provides teams of social service and health workers providing a joined up care and support to those in need of mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
support in those locations.
Inpatient services are provided in four locations across the Royal County of Berkshire: St Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead; Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Park Hospital is an NHS hospital at the northern fringe of Slough, Berkshire, part of the Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.The hospital opened in 1965 in a "countryside" setting....
in Slough, Berkshire; Heatherwood Hospital
Heatherwood Hospital
Heatherwood Hospital is an NHS hospital in Ascot, Berkshire, part of the Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.The hospital was opened in 1922 for the United Services Fund and later taken over by the London County Council giving priority to children of ex-servicemen from London...
in Ascot, Berkshire
Ascot, Berkshire
Ascot is a village within the civil parish of Sunninghill and Ascot, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It is most notable as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting...
; and Prospect Park Hospital in Reading, Berkshire
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
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Berkshire Shared Services
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust hosts a shared support services functions called Berkshire Shared Services that provides back office
Back office
A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself takes place. The term "Back office" comes from the building layout of early companies where the front office would contain the sales and other customer-facing staff and the back office would be those...
Financial, Health Informatics, and Facilities & Estates services to other NHS organisations in Berkshire, England.
External links
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust http://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/
- Berkshire Shared Services http://www.berkshire.nhs.uk/bss/_store/documents/BSS-Corporate-Flyer.pdf