Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
| File:Looking towards the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.JPG | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L14 3PE |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 187[1] |
| Speciality | Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| History | |
| Founded | 1991 as The Cardiothoracitc Centre Liverpool; 2008 as Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Trust Details | |
| Type | Hospital |
| Revenue £000 |  103,971 GBP 2013/14 [2] |
| Operating surplus/(deficit) £000 | 3,877 [2] |
| Total Assets £000 | 89,426 [2] |
| Total Equity £000 | 71,276 [2] |
| Employees |  1,430 [2] |
| Chair | Neil Large |
| Chief Executive | Jane Tomkinson |
| Slogan | Excellent, compassionate and safe care for every patient, every day. |
| Links | |
| Website | Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital |
| Care Quality Commission reports | CQC |
| Monitor | Monitor |
| Wiki-Links | National Health Service |
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is a major specialist cardiothoracic hospital and NHS foundation trust located in the suburb of Broadgreen within the city of Liverpool, England. The hospital shares its site and buildings with the adjacent Broadgreen Hospital, and is sometimes referred to informally as Broadgreen due to its location. It serves the population of Merseyside, North West England, North Wales and the Isle of Man but also provides some specialist services for patients from all areas of the United Kingdom performing up to 12,000 procedures a year.[3] It is one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region, alongside Liverpool Women's Hospital, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, The Walton Centre, and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Services
The services the hospital provides services include:
- Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
- Pacemakers and ICD (Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillator)
- Electrophysiology (EP) studies and Ablation
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts (CABG)
- Heart Valve Replacements
- Aortic Aneurysm Operations
- Thoracic Operations
- Upper GI Operations
- Respiratory Medicine (including Adult Cystic Fibrosis)
- Respiratory procedures
- Cancer Services
Awards
- CHKS Top Hospitals Data Quality Award for Specialist Trusts 2015 [4]
- Advancing Quality Awards: Best Performing Trust (Specialist Cardiac Centre) [5]
- Chief Nursing Officer Summit Award 2014: Compassion in Practice Award [6]
- Joint first for Clinical Digital Maturity Index 2013 [7]
- Best Hospital Provider 2012 [8]
- Enhancing Patient Dignity 2012 [9]
- Quality and Productivity 2011 [10]
Performance
It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 1335 full time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.13%. 92% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 69% recommended it as a place to work.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ Care Quality Commission. http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/rbqhq
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Annual Accounts 2013/14. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/338591/LIVERPOOLHEART_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2013-14_1_.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LHCH. What We Do. http://lhch.nhs.uk/About-Us/What_We_Do.aspx, 2013.
- ↑ CHKS. http://www.chks.co.uk/Award-Categories-2015
- ↑ Advancing Quality Awards. http://www.advancingqualitynw.nhs.uk/advancing-quality-awards-2013-winners-announced/
- ↑ National Award for Heart and Chest Specialists. http://www.lhch.nhs.uk/News/News_2014/chiefnursingofficersummit.aspx
- ↑ E-Health 4 Nov 2013. http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/9007/ehi-intelligence-launches-cdmi
- ↑ Health Service Journal 21 Nov 2013. http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/supplements/hsj-awards-2012-cutting-edge-thinkers-triumph/5052044.article
- ↑ Nursing Times 2012. http://www.ntawards.co.uk/513691
- ↑ Health Service Journal 2011. http://www.hsj.co.uk/Journals/2011/11/17/d/o/p/HSJ-Awards-winners-supplement.pdf
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