Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust


The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust runs Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Honeylands Children's Centre, the Exeter Mobility Centre, and the Mardon Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre. The trust's application for NHS Foundation Trust status was approved in December 2003 and the trust became an NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2004, making it one of the first in the country to achieve this status.
The trust took over the management of Castle Place Practice with 15,000 patients in Tiverton in 2018. It also now runs a number of community services including inpatient beds in Tiverton, Sidmouth and Exmouth.

Performance

In October 2014 it was reported that the Trust was not meeting the government target for 85% of cancer patients to be treated within 62 days of being referred by their GP. The Trust said it was due to increasing demand for complex surgery, and that treatment was only delayed if "clinically appropriate".
In May 2015 the trust reported an end-of-year deficit of £11.2m – an increase of £8.1m compared with the previous financial year. It expects a deficit of £20.2 million for 2015/6.

Developments

In 2018 the trust announced that it was to implement a single Epic Systems electronic patient record systems in place of the 15 systems it has been using. It will cost £42 million. The trust say "Patients will be able to access their patient records, medical history, and test results, and they will get instant confirmation of when appointments are booked rather than having to wait for letters to arrive."