Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Queen's Hospital, Romford |
| Coordinates | 51°34′09″N 0°10′44″E / 51.5691°N 0.1789°ECoordinates: 51°34′09″N 0°10′44″E / 51.5691°N 0.1789°E |
| Region served | North East London |
| NHS region | London |
| Type | NHS Hospital Trust |
| Establishments | |
| Chair | Dr Maureen Dalziel |
| Chief Exec | Matthew Hopkins |
| Website | www |
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is the organisation that runs NHS hospitals in east London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge Primary Care Trusts.
It operates two main hospitals: King George Hospital in Ilford, Redbridge and Queen's Hospital in Romford. It also operates many clinics at a number of sites in the nearby area including Barking Hospital and Brentwood Community Hospital.
The Trust serves around 700,000 people from a variety of backgrounds and across a wide area, making it one of the largest in the country.
It has a new Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, a regional centre for neurosurgery, one of the busiest cancer centres in London and a maternity service delivering almost 10,000 babies a year. The Trust has an extremely strong infection control record, and has slashed the number of MRSA and Clostridium difficile rates by more than 70% in recent years.
In October 2013 it was placed in the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission. In December 2013 it was reported that the trust had paid out more than £23 million for negligence claims in maternity in five years. The CQC report said that while the trust was working hard to make improvements in many areas, it still provided "unsafe care" in A&E and "needs to urgently focus" on resolving these issues because "The A&E departments are at times unsafe because of the lack of full-time consultants and middle-grade doctors." It was placed in special measures on 18 December 2013.
In December 2013 it was placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission. Inspectors returned to the Trust in March 2015 and highlighted areas of "outstanding care" and improvements in a number of areas, including leadership. The Trust remained in special measures with ongoing challenges around governance and performance. A further re-inspection is expected in early 2016.
In March 2014 The Trust was forecasting a deficit of £38 million for 2013-4 and a similar figure for 2014-5.
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