West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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| employees = 3,148{{cite web |title=Annual report and accounts |url=https://www.wsh.nhs.uk/CMS-Documents/Trust-Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-report-2017-18.pdf |website=West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust |accessdate=13 February 2019}}

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West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust which runs West Suffolk Hospital, a large district general hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The Trust provides a wide range of services to the population of west Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 600 square miles with a population of around 280,000 people.{{Cite web | url = https://www.wsh.nhs.uk/CMS-Documents/Trust-Publications/Annual-reports/Annual-report-2018-19.pdf | title = Annual report and accounts 2018/19 | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | publisher = West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust|date=28 May 2019|page=9}}

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 2604 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.86%. 78% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 76% 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|accessdate=23 September 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=7 July 2015}}

The trust went live with the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system in May 2016.{{cite news|title=West Suffolk live with £19m Cerner EHR|url=https://www.digitalhealth.net/2016/05/west-suffolk-live-with-19m-cerner-ehr/|accessdate=1 February 2020|publisher=Digital Health|date=3 May 2016|first=Rebecca|last=McBeth}} In September 2016, the trust was selected by NHS England as one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars.{{cite news|title=New plans to expand the use of digital technology across the NHS|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-expand-the-use-of-digital-technology-across-the-nhs|accessdate=9 September 2016|work=gov.uk|publisher=Department of Health and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP|ref=GDE|date=7 September 2016}}