Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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.lhch.nhs.uk
Type of Trust
NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Details
Type Hospital
Revenue £000 Increase 103,971 GBP 2013/14 [2]
Operating surplus/(deficit) £000 Increase 3,877 [2]
Total Assets £000 Increase 89,426 [2]
Total Equity £000 Increase 71,276 [2]
Employees Decrease 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:

[3]

Awards

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

  1. ↑ Care Quality Commission. http://www.cqc.org.uk/directory/rbqhq
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 LHCH. What We Do. http://lhch.nhs.uk/About-Us/What_We_Do.aspx, 2013.
  4. ↑ CHKS. http://www.chks.co.uk/Award-Categories-2015
  5. ↑ Advancing Quality Awards. http://www.advancingqualitynw.nhs.uk/advancing-quality-awards-2013-winners-announced/
  6. ↑ National Award for Heart and Chest Specialists. http://www.lhch.nhs.uk/News/News_2014/chiefnursingofficersummit.aspx
  7. ↑ E-Health 4 Nov 2013. http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/9007/ehi-intelligence-launches-cdmi
  8. ↑ Health Service Journal 21 Nov 2013. http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/supplements/hsj-awards-2012-cutting-edge-thinkers-triumph/5052044.article
  9. ↑ Nursing Times 2012. http://www.ntawards.co.uk/513691
  10. ↑ Health Service Journal 2011. http://www.hsj.co.uk/Journals/2011/11/17/d/o/p/HSJ-Awards-winners-supplement.pdf
  11. ↑ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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