The Trust took over the Lister Surgicentre from Clinicenta, a subsidiary of Carillion in September 2013 after the centre was severely criticised by the Care Quality Commission and local MPs.

[2] The trust’s best performance since it was founded, achieving virtually every national clinical, operational, and financial standard set was during 2010/11.

Trust chief executive Nick Carver said: “Patients coming to our hospitals today now have a shorter wait for their treatment than in previous years, are unlikely to have their procedure cancelled at the last minute, and will be discharged as planned.

The chances of their becoming infected with something like MRSA or Clostridioides difficile have plummeted, and the quality and range of clinical services provided through our hospitals have improved considerably.

[7] In October 2019 a group of experts reported to health leaders that, due to dilapidated buildings, obsolete equipment and a lack of staff, at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre patients were unsafe and the quality of care was uncertain.