Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust located in the suburb of Broadgreen within the city of Liverpool, England. It manages the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital which 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.[2]

Type of Trust
NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Details
Type Hospital
Revenue £000 103,971 GBP 2013/14 [1]
Operating surplus/(deficit) £000 3,877 [1]
Total Assets £000 89,426 [1]
Total Equity £000 71,276 [1]
Employees 1,430 [1]
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

Services

The services the Trust provides services include:[2]

  • 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

Awards received by the Trust include:

  • CHKS Top Hospitals Data Quality Award for Specialist Trusts 2015 [3]
  • Advancing Quality Awards: Best Performing Trust (Specialist Cardiac Centre)[4]
  • Chief Nursing Officer Summit Award 2014: Compassion in Practice Award[5]
  • Joint first for Clinical Digital Maturity Index 2013[6]
  • Best Hospital Provider 2012[7]
  • Enhancing Patient Dignity 2012[8]
  • Quality and Productivity 2011[9]

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.[10]

The Care Quality Commission awarded LHCH an 'Outstanding' rating following their inspection in summer 2016.[11][12] 2019 saw Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital become one of only five NHS service providers to receive the 'Outstanding' rating twice, resulting from a CQC inspection in February 2019.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Annual Accounts 2013/14" (PDF). Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. "What We Do". Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Advancing Quality Awards".
  5. "National Award for Heart and Chest Specialists". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  6. "E-Health". 4 November 2013.
  7. "Health Service Journal". 21 November 2013.
  8. "Nursing Times". 2012.
  9. "Health Service Journal" (PDF). 2011.
  10. "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  11. "Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  12. "LHCH becomes first specialist trust to be rated as 'Outstanding'". Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Website. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  13. "LHCH is 'Outstanding' for a Second Time". Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Website.
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