Queen’s Hospital, Romford
King George Hospital, Goodmayes
WELCOME TO BHR HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
Trust Profile
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust operates across two main
sites at Queen’s and King George hospitals. The Trust serves a population of around 700,000,
from a wide range of social and ethnic groups, making it one of the largest acute hospital trusts
in England.
The new Queen’s Hospital in Romford brought together the services previously run at Oldchurch
and Harold Wood hospitals and complements King George Hospital which was built from new in
1993.
The Trust operates two A&E departments at King George and Queen’s hospitals, alongside
other acute services consisting of all the major specialties of large district general hospitals.
A joint cancer centre with St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and a regional neuroscience
centre at Queen’s are offered in addition to these services.
The Trust is committed to working closely with its partners in the community to place patients’
needs at the centre of its services.
A lot of work has been done in association with local authorities, PCTs and other local care
organisations in both meeting current demand and in planning for the future.
The Trust’s primary aim is to provide the right care, in the right place and at the right time to the
highest standards.
Board of Directors
Chair
Chief Executive
Medical Director
Director of Finance
Director of Nursing
Director of Human Resources
Director of Delivery
Director of Strategy & Planning
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Edwin Doyle
Averil Dongworth
Stephen Burgess
David Wragg
Deborah Wheeler
Ruth McAll
Neill Moloney
Robert Royce
William Langley
George Wood
Caroline Wright
Keith Mahoney
Anthony Warren
Michael White
The Trust defines its vision as:
Our aims are:
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To strive for clinical excellence within a safe and robust clinical governance
framework.
To provide the best possible patient experience.
To work with our GPs, Primary and Social Care and voluntary sector partners to
improve the healthcare of the residents that we service across organisational
boundaries.
To be a healthcare employer of choice such that we recruit, retain and develop
high quality staff and build up morale.
In order to achieve the above four aims, we need to continually improve and
invest in our services, within our financial constraints.
The values that guide us are:
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Compassion
Dignity and respect
Honesty and Integrity
Empowering teams
Learning organisation
The local area
Close to London (30 minutes from Liverpool Street) and on the edge of rural Essex, we are
ideally placed for those who want to choose between the fast pace of one of the greatest cities in
the world and the pastoral charms of a county famous for its pretty villages and extensive
coastline. The area is an intriguing mix of urban and rural, of lively towns and peaceful
countryside.
The area is easily accessible. Three international airports are nearby, whilst the M25 connects
to the national motorway network and is only 15 minutes away from each site. Local rail stations
provide regular train services to London and the rest of the country. The area is also well served
by fast and frequent buses.
Schooling is of the highest quality with a number of first-rank private schools, complemented by
a high standard in the state sector.
In summary, if quality of life is a key component in your decision-making about your future
career, then this location can meet all your desires and expectations.
In terms of housing, the area offers a wide range of locations and prices (look at websites such
as www.rightmove.co.uk for more information). We also promote the Key Worker Housing
Scheme
(see www.housingoptions.co.uk/ho2/).
Further information regarding schools and the local areas we cover can be found at:
Havering Council Website: www.havering.gov.uk
Barking and Dagenham Council Website: www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk
Essex County Council Website: www.essexcc.gov.uk
Our People
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust brings together a workforce of
more than 7,000 people across a whole range of disciplines.
It is our staff that makes the organisation what it is and we are committed to recruiting and
promoting people at every level on the basis of the knowledge and personal qualities they bring
to the organisation.
‘Improving Working Lives’ is a national initiative aimed at making the NHS a best practice
employer.
The Trust was accredited with the highest standard “Practice Plus” in January 2006.
We have retained the use of the Disability symbol since 2002
Trust is ‘Positive About Disabled People’.
This symbol means that the
We are one of the first Trusts in the country to offer ‘cadet to consultant’ nurse training with the
aim of widening the access into nursing at all levels and ensuring trained staff remain with the
organisation.
We have introduced matrons back into our hospitals.
We ensure that we offer and promote a range of flexible working practices such as self rostering,
annual hours, career breaks and flexible hours.
The introduction of a new and more flexible pay system (Agenda for Change) offers greater
levels of reward to staff, and is a significant advantage in resourcing the Trust.
Recruitment and retention of staff is one of the biggest challenges facing the NHS, and we are
constantly looking at new ways of attracting and keeping staff.
The Future
This is a very exciting time to be joining Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
NHS Trust.
Hyper Acute Stroke Service (HASU)
BHRUT has been given the go-ahead to become a Hyper Acute Stroke Service (HASU).
The new facility, which will be situated at Queen’s Hospital, is expected to be fully operational by
the autumn of 2010. It will provide specialist, 24-hour care to patients following a stroke,
including rapid assessment, CT scan and early treatment with clot-busting drugs if they are
needed.
Patients will then be transferred to a local stroke unit to continue their recovery. There will be 24
of these local units in London, including Queen’s, Whipps Cross University Hospital and
Newham General Hospital.
Queen’s will also be one of 24 London hospitals to provide TIA services for people who have
had a transient ischaemic attack, or “mini-stroke”. People attending the TIA services will be
rapidly assessed and treated, to reduce their chance of having a full stroke in future.
The proposals also include four major trauma centres which will treat the most seriously injured
patients, such as those with head injury, life-threatening wounds and multiple fractures. Teams
of specialists including trauma surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons and neuro-surgeons will provide
care for these patients. One of these new major trauma centres will be located at The Royal
London Hospital, Whitechapel.
Patients with less serious injuries will continue to be treated by their local A&E trauma centres.
Each local trauma service will be linked to a specialist centre as part of a network designed to
share expertise and resources.
The new services in the capital are expected to save around 500 lives a year and reduce longterm disability for thousands.
A joint committee of London primary care trusts approved the plans following a review of the
clinical evidence and a public consultation led by Healthcare for London.
Further information about the Trust is available from www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk