The Trust set up a partnership with Health Innovation Partners Ltd., a joint venture of Arcadis NV and Morgan Sindall to manage and develop its estate over 10 years.
[1] The trust is sub-contracted to Virgin Healthcare in a 7-year contract worth for providing long-term and elderly care in East Staffordshire.
[5] It was put into a buddying arrangement with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
[9] In March 2015 it was reported that the number of staff who have had to take time off for mental health-related problems had increased dramatically.
[10] In 2014/5 the trust was given a loan of £6.3 million by the Department of Health which is supposed to be paid back in five years.