East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust was created in April 2000, by merger of the former East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire NHS trusts. It runs Lister Hospital, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, the New QEII Hospital, Hertford County Hospital, Bedford Dialysis Unit and Harlow Renal Unit.
| East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | NHS trust |
| Established | April 2000 |
| Hospitals | |
| Chair | Anita Day |
| Chief executive | Adam Sewell-Jones |
| Website | www |
The Trust took over the Lister Surgicentre from Clinicenta, a subsidiary of Carillion in September 2013 after the centre was severely criticised by the Care Quality Commission and local MPs.[1] The revenue cost of the take over to the Trust is said to be £2.3 million. The Department of Health paid £53 million for the premises.[2]
Performance
editThe trust’s best performance since it was founded, achieving virtually every national clinical, operational, and financial standard set was during 2010/11. Trust chief executive Nick Carver said: “Patients coming to our hospitals today now have a shorter wait for their treatment than in previous years, are unlikely to have their procedure cancelled at the last minute, and will be discharged as planned. The chances of their becoming infected with something like MRSA or Clostridioides difficile have plummeted, and the quality and range of clinical services provided through our hospitals have improved considerably.[3]”
It spent 7.8% of its total turnover on agency staff in 2014/5.[4]
In the last quarter of 2015, it had one of the worst performances of any hospital in England against the four-hour waiting _target.[5]
It ended 2015/6 in deficit of £16 million.[6]
It was fined a total of £605,000 under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 from 2014-7.[7]
In October 2019 a group of experts reported to health leaders that, due to dilapidated buildings, obsolete equipment and a lack of staff, at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre patients were unsafe and the quality of care was uncertain.[8] It is planned to be taken over by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in April 2021.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Trust faces £2m bill to take over treatment centre". Health Service Journal. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "NHS trust faces £2 million costs after Surgicentre takeover in Stevenage". Comet 24. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust achieves best ever results". Welwyn Hatfield Times. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "Agency spending: the real picture". Health Service Journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Thirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit". Health Service Journal. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Analysis: The trusts whose finances fell furthest despite 'urgent action'". Health Service Journal. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Trust fined £600,000 for late payments of supplier". Health Service Journal. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Neglected NHS cancer hospital is unfit for purpose, says report". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Major London provider to take over 'dilapidated' cancer centre". Health Service Journal. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
