Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) is an NHS foundation trust which provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to approximately 1.3 million people throughout Bedfordshire, Essex, Suffolk and Luton.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
TypeNHS foundation trust
Established1 April 2017
HeadquartersRunwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom[1]
Staff5,340 (2018/19)[2]
Websiteeput.nhs.uk

History

The trust was established on 1 April 2017 following the merger of South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.[3][4]

It was fined £1.5 million after a prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive in 2021 in relation to 11 deaths between 2004 and 2015 at North Essex Partnership University Trust which failed to manage ligature risks.[5] Later in 2021 it was rated "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission and stopped from admitting new patients without consent from CQC after inspectors found "serious concerns" in the children and adolescent mental health services.[6]

EPUT together with North East London NHS Foundation Trust and other mental health providers are subject to an independent inquiry set up by Parliament[7] into mental health services in Essex following numerous failings of these services. The inquiry is now in progress.[8]

References
  1. "Contact Us". Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Annual Report and Account 2018/19" (PDF). Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. "About Us". Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. Illman, James (3 March 2017). "Merger trusts set course for 'significant' service changes". Health Service Journal. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018.
  5. "Trust fined £1.5m after patient deaths". Health Service Journal. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. "Essex: Children harmed by mental health service failings". BBC. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. "Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry: Terms of Reference". Hansard. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. "Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry Homepage". EMHII. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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