page_title: Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
section_title: Performance
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / Performance
caption_attribution_description: {{en|1=Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England[1]}}
context_page_description: The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs Christchurch Hospital and the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
  The Trust gained foundation status in 2005. A merger first proposed in November 2011 between the Trust and Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the first merger proposed between two NHS Foundation Trusts was blocked in October 2013 by the Competition Commission in its first intervention into the NHS. In September a judicial review brought against Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group which challenged renewed merger proposals was rejected by the High Court. It is proposed that the emergency department at Poole will be downgraded to an urgent care centre and the Poole site will become an elective centre. Emergency work will be concentrated at the Bournemouth site. In April 2020 the Competition and Markets Authority approved the merger proposal. They said: “The CMA’s investigation in this case has confirmed that competition between NHS hospitals now plays little role in the provision of NHS services in the east Dorset area, with collaboration often viewed as a better way to meet increasing demands for care and deliver better value.”
context_section_description: In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission.
  In November 2014 the Trust faced difficulties with discharging patients. 70 patients at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital were fit to leave but were still on wards. The Trust said it was considering the possibility of legal action to evict patients.
caption: Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/
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