Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
TypeNHS trust
Established22 December 1994
HeadquartersHamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX[1]
Hospitals
Staff3,600 (2019/20)[2]
Websitewww.pah.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust serves a population of 258,000 and provides healthcare services to the communities of Harlow and the surrounding areas. It runs Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, England which is a 419 bedded District General Hospital providing acute and specialist services to a local population of 258,000 people. It has been led since May 2017 by Lance McCarthy (chief executive) and Steve Clarke (chairman). It has a hospital radio station, Harlow Hospital Radio.

In addition to Princess Alexandra Hospital, the trust provides services from St Margaret's Hospital, Epping and Herts and Essex Hospital, Bishops Stortford.

History[edit]

The trust was established on 22 December 1994, and became operational on 1 April 1995.[3]

Development[edit]

In 2019 it was reported that the trust was considering a new form of private finance initiative developed by Community Health Partnerships for the rebuilding of its Princess Alexandra Hospital on a new site.[4]

Performance[edit]

The trust predicts a deficit of £16.6m in 2013–2014.[5] It abandoned plans to become a Foundation Trust in April 2015 and plans to become an integrated care organisation, investigating both “horizontal” and “vertical” integration with other health bodies.[6]

Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014–2015 winter. There were 2% fewer attendances in 2014–2015 than in 2013–2014, but the number of patients breaching the four-hour target more than doubled to 12,000.[7]

In October 2015 the trust announced that it was closing four beds on each ward, and was unable to see, treat, admit or discharge even 90% of patients within the accident and emergency four-hour target. The chair of the trust said it was "becoming unviable clinically". It expects a deficit of £28.6m in 2015–2016.[8] In the last quarter of 2015 it had one of the worst performances of any hospital in England against the four hour waiting target.[9] Princess Alexandra Hospital only saw 70.9% of A&E patients within four hours during 2017–2018.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Contact Us". The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2019 - 2020". Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ "The Princess Alexandra Hospital National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1994". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Trust eyes new private finance model to build hospital". Health Service Journal. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ "More than a third of trusts predict year-end deficit". Local Government Chronicle. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  6. ^ "District general hospital gives up standalone FT bid". Health Service Journal. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. ^ "26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach". Health Service Journal. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Trust closes beds as chair warns it is 'becoming unviable clinically'". Health Service Journal. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Thirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit". Health Service Journal. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  10. ^ The 10 worst A&Es for waits revealed BBC

External links[edit]

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