The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of general and acute services at the main hospital site and at the Park Rehabilitation Centre on Badsley Moor Lane. The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a progressive acute Trust set in leafy suburban surroundings in the heart of South Yorkshire. The Trust provides a comprehensive range of hospital based Medical, Surgical, Paediatric, Obstetric and Gynaecological services, all located on one site. The hospital is a major provider of high quality health care in South Yorkshire and to the local population of 252.000. There are 721 beds on site and excellent modern facilities which include intensive therapy, coronary care unit and cardiac suite, a breast screening suite, a day surgery unit and an endoscopy suite. The clinical services are supported by comprehensive laboratory, medical physics and diagnostic radiology departments. CT and MRI scanning are available on site. Thanks to Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust’s very active IT development programme, (this year they plan to implement Order-Communications & Results Report for Pathology which will operate throughout the Trust and across the GP community plus a new endoscopy system) NHS took part in several international projects. Among them there is an important plan to improve health and social care for patients, the LIVE project. The NHS LIVE project involves selected partners who offer their private sector expertise and project management support.

The main role of TRFT in POCEMON is the provision of GPs and data input for the diagnostic LOC. TRFT will work on the provision of Autoimmune Disease data and GPs.

Website: www.rotherhamhospital.trent.nhs.uk