The Ipswich Hospital

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Ipswich Hospital, known as East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital until 1955, a large district general hospital in Suffolk, England. It provides a wide range of services to the population of east Suffolk and serves a catchment area of approximately 360,000 people.It is a busy district general hospital providing a wide range of emergency, medical, surgical and maternity services to its users. The hospital is currently working towards becoming a NHS Foundation Trust.The Trust is implementing the Lorenzo patient record systems, having accepted a controversial financial support package.The future of the hospital has become an issue in local politics, with campaigns to keep cancer and heart services in the hospital. The Conservative candidate for the 2010 General election, Ben Gummer claimed that his "first priority is to save Ipswich Hospital".In November 2013 it was reported that the Trust had failed to meet a number of targets set by the Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and faced financial penalties at a time when it already faced a deficit of £5.5 million.Local MP Dan Poulter was pictured opening the refurbished Brook Maternity ward in December 2013.Ipswich Hospital NHS TrustIpswich Hospital NHS Trust runs the hospital. It is one of the partners in the Pathology Partnership established in March 2014 and acts as one of two hubs for pathology in the region.