Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

What Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust does

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust was a publicly funded NHS Foundation Trust headquartered in Southampton, United Kingdom, delivering mental health, community physical health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. In 2023, it merged with Solent NHS Trust to form Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, a consolidated statutory body employing over 13,000 staff and serving approximately 2 million residents. The organization operated a portfolio of clinical services including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Children and Family Services, Primary Care, Learning Disability Services, Mental Health Services, Physical Health Services, and Specialist and Forensic Mental Health Services.

Its product surface combined direct clinical service delivery with a small set of digital tools: a Patient Engagement Portal (PEP) enabling patients to access healthcare information, an Electronic Prescribing system for digital medication management, and the DIALOG+ care planning tool used for patient engagement. The trust also operated the Brighterway charity supporting patient care and staff welfare. As an NHS statutory body, it held a Care Quality Commission registration and was rated 'Requires improvement' as of February 2022.

Its business model is entirely publicly funded through NHS England commissioning and Department of Health and Social Care allocations, with no private-pay or commercial revenue stream. Domiciliary care services were delivered directly to patients' homes by employed and contracted staff at a reported £39.74 per hour, roughly double the £21.25 hourly rate of independent sector providers. The organization absorbed over £2.5 million in annual sickness absence costs and recorded 550 missed home care visits in the prior year, indicating significant operational cost pressures. Following the 2023 merger, the trust began consolidating legacy email systems onto a unified @nhs.net domain as part of post-integration restructuring.

Name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Legal name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Website

https://southernhealth.nhs.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly funded NHS provider delivering mental health, community physical health, and learning disability services to approximately 2 million residents of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, now operating as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust following its 2023 merger with Solent NHS Trust.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG), Home Health Physical Therapy & Mobile PT (HSADAIAO), Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (Employer-Sponsored) (HLALADAA)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Community healthcare
• Learning disability services
• Physical health services
• Domiciliary care

Headquarters

HQ city

Southampton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, physical health, and learning disability services as a publicly funded NHS provider. Following the 2023 merger with Solent NHS Trust, it now operates as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, delivering community, mental health, and learning disability services to approximately 2 million people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with over 13,000 staff. Core offerings include CAMHS, primary care, learning disability support, forensic mental health, and domiciliary/home care visits delivered by Trust-employed and contracted staff.

Product overview

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (a related NHS trust in the Hampshire region) operates as a platform-plus-services model offering community healthcare, mental health, and learning disability services. The trust provides a comprehensive A-Z list of services including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Children and Family Services, Primary Care Services, Learning Disability Services, Mental Health Services, Physical Health Services, and Specialist and Forensic Mental Health Services. Digital offerings include the Patient Engagement Portal (PEP), Electronic Prescribing, and DIALOG+ care planning tool. The trust serves a population of around 2 million people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with over 13,000 staff members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust: Mental health, learning disability, and community services trust covering Norfolk and Suffolk. Comparable in service mix and in operating in a geographically dispersed catchment with rural home care delivery.
• Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Provides mental health, learning disability, and community health services across Sussex. Highly comparable as a specialist NHS mental health and learning disability trust of similar regional scale.
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust: Combined mental health, learning disability, and community services provider in the East of England. Directly comparable in service mix (mental health + LD + community) and population-scale integrated delivery model.
• Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust: Large NHS mental health, learning disability, and community trust serving the North West. Comparable in scale (~10,000+ staff), service breadth, and provision of forensic mental health services.
• Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust: Mental health, learning disability, and community services provider across Greater Manchester. Comparable NHS Foundation Trust serving a similar population size with overlapping mental health and community services.
• Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: Provides mental health, learning disability, and community health services in Berkshire. Comparable in offering a similar community and mental health service mix at a regional scale adjacent to Hampshire.
• Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust: Mental health and learning disability trust covering the South West. Comparable in specializing in mental health and learning disability provision with similar population-scale regional footprint.
• Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: Merged NHS trust combining acute, community, and mental health services in Somerset. Comparable as a recently merged integrated NHS provider with a community and mental health portfolio.
• North London NHS Foundation Trust (Camden and Islington): Mental health and community trust serving North London boroughs. Comparable specialist mental health NHS provider with overlapping CAMHS, forensic, and community service lines.
• Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust: Community and mental health services trust serving Dorset. Comparable regional NHS provider with a similar blend of community, mental health, and learning disability services in a South of England catchment.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles1 record

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