South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust ran the Birmingham Inpatient Drug Treatment Service, The Redwoods Centre, Oak House, and Elms House in Shrewsbury, St George's Hospital and the Flanagan Centre, Stafford, George Bryan Centre in Tamworth, Castle Lodge in Telford.

It closed the Margaret Stanhope Centre in Burton on Trent in 2012 and has been criticised for reducing mental health provision for the town.{{cite news|title=Number of beds for psychiatric patients cut by a fifth, the Mail reveals|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Number-of-beds-for-psychiatric-patients-cut-by-a-fifth-the-Mail-reveals-20131024175329.htm|accessdate=2 November 2013|newspaper=Burton Mail|date=25 October 2013}} Castle Lodge, in Dawley has also been closed temporarily and that has provoked a review of mental health services in Telford.{{cite news|title=Care centre closure sparks review of Telford mental health services|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/10/08/care-centre-closure-sparks-review-of-telford-mental-health-services/|accessdate=2 November 2013|newspaper=Shropshire Star|date=8 October 2013}}

In March 2015, Hampshire County Council awarded the trust's Inclusion Drug Services a £41.3m contract for adult substance misuse services previously provided by Solent NHS Trust. Solent claimed there had been a serious error in the scoring of their bid. They entered into a procurement dispute.{{cite news|title=NHS trust to sue Hampshire council over tender award|url=http://www.lgcplus.com/news/health/social-care/nhs-trust-to-sue-hampshire-council-over-tender-award/5083037.article|accessdate=23 March 2015|publisher=Local Government Chronicle|date=9 March 2015}}

It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time, it had 3008 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.68%. 61% of staff recommended it as a place for treatment and 56% recommended it as a place to work.{{cite news|title=HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/best-places-to-work/hsj-reveals-the-best-places-to-work-in-2015/5087434.article#.VgJD8ejkJv4|accessdate=23 September 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=7 July 2015}}

The trust used Healios, an online cognitive behavioural therapy platform, for children and adolescents suffering from anxiety.{{cite news|title=Digital mental health platform Healios endorsed by NICE|url=https://pharmaphorum.com/news/digital-mental-health-platform-healios-endorsed-nice/|accessdate=29 April 2017|publisher=Pharmaphorum|date=25 April 2017}}

It merged with the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust in 2018 forming a new organisation called Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.{{cite news|title=Milestone trust merger delayed until summer|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/south-staffordshire-and-shropshire-healthcare-nhs-foundation-trust/milestone-trust-merger-delayed-until-summer/7022087.article|accessdate=4 April 2018|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=4 April 2018}}