| West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Type: | NHS foundation trust |
| Hospitals: | West Suffolk Hospital |
| Employees: | 3,148[1] |
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which runs West Suffolk Hospital, a large district general hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The Trust provides a wide range of services to the population of west Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 600 square miles with a population of around 280,000 people.[2]
It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 2604 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.86%. 78% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 76% recommended it as a place to work.[3]
The trust went live with the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system in May 2016.[4] In September 2016, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars.[5]