[1] The trust decided in October 2015 to close medical beds in the community hospitals in Ilfracombe and Bideford in order to save money.
[2] The trust was criticised by the Taxpayers Alliance in December 2013 for spending more than £370,000 on 870 tablet devices for staff.
[5] It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015.
[6] The trust won a bid in March 2016 to be “prime contractor” for domiciliary care services in Northern and Mid Devon, in a contract let by the clinical commissioning groups (CCG) in the county and Devon County Council, worth £70–80 million over five years.
It has significantly reduced the number patients awaiting a care package who are unable to leave hospital.