Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

What Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust does

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is an NHS Foundation Trust established in 2003 under the Health Act 2003, delivering community physical health, mental health, learning disability, and specialist services across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough catchment in England. The Trust operates an integrated portfolio of care groups — Children's, Young People's and Families Services; Older People, Adult and Community; and Adults Specialist Mental Health — including 24/7 mental health crisis response (First Response Service via NHS 111 option 2), NHS Talking Therapies for common mental health conditions, CAMHS, adult eating disorder services, perinatal mental health, Post-Covid rehabilitation, three Minor Injury Units, and clinical research programmes. CPFT is a Teaching Partner of the University of Cambridge and participates in multi-site research with NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England, Eastern AHSN, King's College London, University of East Anglia, University of Leicester, and Cambridge University Hospitals.

CPFT's technology stack is built on NHS-standard digital infrastructure rather than proprietary software. Operational systems include the Attend Anywhere video consultation platform, the C-19 YRS digital outcome-monitoring app for the Post-Covid Service, the Electronic Prescribing Service (EPS), and the Flok Health AI physiotherapy app piloted in early 2025 alongside Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. The Flok Health pilot produced measurable operational gains: a 55% reduction in back pain waiting lists, 44% reduction in musculoskeletal waiting times to under 10 weeks, 856 clinician hours saved per month, and 98% of patients successfully triaged without face-to-face follow-up. A pilot of Oxevision sensor-based vital signs monitoring on the Mulberry 2 mental health inpatient ward was discontinued in 2025 following patient feedback. Research and Development is led by Professor Ed Bullmore, a computational neuroscientist, anchoring an academic research capability that participates in trials including PHOSP-I, EDGI, FTDToolkit, ON-FIRE, and ABATE.

As an NHS Foundation Trust, CPFT operates a single-payer, publicly funded revenue model: services are free at the point of use, commissioned by NHS England and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board. There is no commercial customer base; the relevant "customer" is the commissioning system, and concentration risk is correspondingly total. Headcount sits in the 1,001-5,000 range, with three primary sites in Cambridge, Fulbourn, and Huntingdon. Charitable activities are managed through the affiliated Head to Toe Charity. Strategic direction is set out in the new connected Trust, Clinical, and Health Equity Strategies covering 2026-31, building on the Heart and Soul Strategy 2024-26 for staff wellbeing. Recent material portfolio moves include the termination of the Learning Disability Partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council in March 2025 following a £10 million pooled-budget dispute, and the decision not to extend the Darwin Nurseries contract beyond April 2028.

Name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Legal name

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Website

https://cpft.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly funded NHS Foundation Trust delivering community physical health, mental health, learning disability, and specialist services — including 24/7 crisis response, Talking Therapies, CAMHS, Post-Covid, and Minor Injury Units — to residents of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, England, with a Teaching Partnership with the University of Cambridge.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health and Community Healthcare Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Community healthcare
• Talking therapies
• Learning disability care
• Clinical research services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is an NHS Foundation Trust delivering community-based physical health, mental health, and specialist healthcare services to residents of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in England. Its core offerings include talking therapies for common mental health conditions, 24/7 mental health crisis response, specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), eating disorder services, perinatal mental health support, post-COVID rehabilitation, and minor injury units, alongside clinical research programmes conducted as a Teaching Partner of the University of Cambridge.

Product overview

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides a comprehensive portfolio of NHS healthcare services as a single integrated offering, not a software platform. The Trust delivers community and mental health services including NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies for common mental health conditions, the 24/7 First Response Service for mental health crises, and specialist services for children and young people (CAMHS), eating disorders, perinatal mental health, and Post-Covid recovery. Additional services include minor injury units, community paediatrics, adult specialist mental health, and clinical research programmes. The Trust's Head to Toe Charity supports fundraising through events. Online video appointments via Attend Anywhere complement traditional face-to-face care. Services are structured around care groups including Children's Young People's and Families Services, Older People Adult and Community, and Adults Specialist Mental Health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Talking Therapies

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced back pain waiting lists by 55% through AI physiotherapy deployment
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Deployed Flok Health AI physiotherapy app across the trust as pilot partner. CPFT is collaborating on broader permanent adoption of the digital health solution.
• University of CambridgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPFT is a proud Teaching Partner of the University of Cambridge, enabling collaboration on research, education, and clinical training programmes. The partnership provides access to academic expertise and supports cutting-edge clinical research initiatives.
• University of Cambridge Department of PsychiatrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on depression research, persistent mental health conditions, and clinical innovation projects including the Mood Disorders Research Clinic.
• NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners on research programmes including inflammation and brain research (Biodep project) and regional mental health research initiatives.
• Eastern AHSNcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks together on mental health research and clinical innovation to accelerate innovation in NHS mental health care across the East of England.
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke's)coreTechnology or IntegrationCollaborates on Post-Covid Service research as a participant identification centre supporting the University of Leicester PHOSP-I trial. Joint working on patient care pathways.
• University of East AngliastrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners on FTDToolkit research project to develop online support tools for carers of frontotemporal dementia patients, and on mental health care access improvement studies.
• Cambridgeshire County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates on health and social care integration including Learning Disability Partnership arrangements and pooled budget arrangements with the Integrated Care Board.
• NHS LothianstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerScottish health board that has rolled out Flok Health AI physiotherapy technology to over one million NHS patients. CPFT shares learnings and outcome data from AI physiotherapy pilot.
• King's College LondonstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational research collaboration on Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) study to learn more about genetic and environmental links to eating disorders.
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation TruststrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership on KOLABO study to understand and expand cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) practice across Africa.
• DA LanguagesminorOthersProvides interpretation and translation services for CPFT patients, contracted through the CCS RM971 Framework.
• OCSminorOthersFacilities management supplier providing office and building cleaning, catering services, and laundry services across multiple CPFT sites through contracts ending 2029.
• CBREminorOthersLift maintenance services provider covering 11 CPFT sites through contract extending to 2030.
• ThaliaminorOthersWaste management supplier providing general waste, recycling, and food waste services across CPFT sites.
• LifecraftminorOthersCharitable organisation providing suicide bereavement support service for friends and families affected by suicide in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
• University of LeicesterstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for PHOSP-I clinical trial testing Tocilizumab for long COVID treatment, with CPFT acting as participant identification centre.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: Large NHS mental health Foundation Trust providing comprehensive mental health services in South London, with extensive research partnerships through the Maudsley. Comparable as a research-active mental health trust with a similar service portfolio including crisis, inpatient, and community mental health care.
• Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust: NHS mental health and learning disability trust serving Hertfordshire, providing community mental health, inpatient, and specialist services. Comparable as a Foundation Trust delivering a similar mental health and learning disability service portfolio across a defined English county geography.
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: NHS mental health and community trust operating across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Directly comparable as a Foundation Trust delivering integrated mental health, learning disability, and community services, and an existing CPFT research partner on the KOLABO international CBT study.
• Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: NHS Foundation Trust providing mental health, community, and learning disability services across Berkshire. Comparable as a community-focused NHS Trust with a similar service portfolio and Foundation Trust governance model.
• Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: Sibling NHS trust providing community health services in the same Cambridgeshire and Peterborough geography. Directly comparable as a regional community health NHS provider and existing CPFT collaboration partner on AI physiotherapy deployment.
• Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust: NHS mental health Foundation Trust providing mental health and learning disability services across Greater Manchester. Comparable as a community mental health and learning disability NHS Foundation Trust with a similar operating model and geographic focus.
• Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust: Neighbouring NHS mental health and community services trust providing mental health, learning disability, and specialist services across Norfolk and Suffolk. Directly comparable as a regional mental health NHS Foundation Trust with similar service portfolio, NHS funding model, and community-based delivery focus.
• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust: NHS Foundation Trust delivering mental health, community, and learning disability services across North West London. Comparable as a community-focused NHS Trust offering a similar integrated portfolio of mental health, learning disability, and community health services.

Regional players

• North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Neighbouring NHS acute trust operating in the Peterborough and Huntingdon area. Comparable as a regional NHS partner trust collaborating with CPFT on the Staff Mental Health Service and integrated care pathways.
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Acute hospital trust (Addenbrooke's) operating in the same Cambridgeshire geography. Comparable as a Cambridge-based NHS Foundation Trust and close partner on Post-Covid research and integrated care pathways, though its primary focus is acute rather than community and mental health.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CPFT_NHS
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CPFTvideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/cpftnhs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cpft

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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