Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provided healthcare for people in south west Essex, in the East of England.
[3] On 31 July 2019 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care endorsed the merger and a provisional date of 1 April 2020 was agreed.
In January 2015 he stepped down after being selected as the UKIP candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock.
[12] In November 2009, the Care Quality Commission found some places in Basildon Hospital to have stained floors and curtains, blood-splattered trays, badly soiled mattresses, equipment still used after the use-by date, and so on.
[13] The latest CQC inspection of Basildon Hospital in March 2014 found significant improvements.
[18] The trust described how a radical overhaul of its corporate governance structure and risk management improved its safety record.
[19] In 2014/5 the trust was given a loan of £10.6 million by the Department of Health which was supposed to be paid back in five years but has in fact already been repaid.
[23] It is expected to process more than 12 million tests per year for 250 GP surgeries as well as the two hospital trusts.