South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs a big general hospital (Torbay Hospital) serving the South Devon area. The services that it provides are funded by Primary Care Trusts, who receive an allocation of NHS money from the government each year and who decide on the healthcare priorities for their local population. The biggest part of the Trust's work is emergency treatment. Over 70,000 patients a year come through Torbay Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department. The South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust catchment area covers 300 square miles – from South Dartmoor to the length of coastline which stretches from the mouth of the River Exe (Dawlish), past the Teign and Dart estuaries (beyond Dartmouth). Torbay Hospital therefore serves a resident population of approaching 300,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season. South Devon Healthcare was one of the first NHS Trusts (established in 1991) and was authorised as one of the early NHS Foundation Trusts in 2007, and has a large public membership. Torbay Hospital dates from 1928 on its current site on the edge of Torquay.