The Trust comprises the Countess of Chester Hospital, a 600 bed hospital, providing the full range of acute and a number of specialist services, and also Ellesmere Port Hospital, a rehabilitation, intermediate care and outpatient facility. The Trust employs over 3,900 people and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 260,000 residents mainly in Chester and surrounding rural areas, Ellesmere Port and Neston and also to patients from the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 152,000. More than 450,000 patients attend the hospital for treatment every year, ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery.