NHS Trust
Noun
Meaning
NHS Trust (plural NHS Trusts)
(Britain) a self-governing administrative body within the NHS; usually a group of hospitals
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Examples
A Barts Health NHS Trust spokesperson said that Barts Hospital had secured its current hospital buildings, alerted the London Ambulance Service, and secured or diverted emergency pathways around the leak.
An NHS trust was told to improve the way it accepts mental health patients after a woman took her own life on the day she was sent home from hospital.
However, the Isle of Wight NHS Trust insists ‘no final decisions’ have yet been taken about expanding the ambulance’s call handling team.
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust spokesman Glyn Oakley said its response to alerts was monitored by a special committee and it was currently reviewing all historic alerts.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust has announced 530 deaths.
A total of 51 people have now lost their lives at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, an increase of two, while a further person has died at the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, where the total has risen to 22.