THE future of a controversial Hampshire health trust which cares for millions of people in the South will be debated in parliament today.

Politicians will fiercely debate the scandals engulfing Southern Health NHS Trust during a landmark House of Commons discussion as the Chronicle went to press.

The trust – which runs a series of mental health services across the county and is headquartered in Tatchbury Mount, Calmore – has been condemned by the Care Quality Commission after failing to protect patients and investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in its care following a scathing independent report.

Recently it was branded a “shambles” after rebel governors held a breakaway meeting in a bid to demand improvements, leading to calls for health secretary Jeremy Hunt to intervene. Chief executive Katrina Percy has refused repeated calls to stand down.

Tomorrow’s debate was called for by Fareham MP Suella Fernandes who leads on health issues for the Hampshire All Party Group of MPs. It is scheduled to last 90 minutes and expected to feature a response from a minister.

A spokesman for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust said the organisation would listen to ministers and comment afterwards.

The organisation provides services for 45,000 people in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and employs 9,000 staff at around 200 sites.