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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,
The 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 Clostridium difficile have plummeted, and the quality and range of clinical services provided through our hospitals has improved considerably.”
It spent 7.8% of its total turnover on agency staff in 2014/5.
In the last quarter of 2015 it had one of the worst performances of any hospital in England against the four hour waiting target.
It ended 2015/6 in deficit of £16 million.
It was fined a total of £605,000 under the
CQC inspection reports
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Mount Vernon
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Cancer Centre, the New QEII Hospital
The New QEII Hospital is located in Welwyn Garden City and managed by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
History
The hospital was commissioned in 2013 by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, at a cost of £30 million. It was desig ...
, Hertford County Hospital
Hertford County Hospital is situated in the town of Hertford, county town of Hertfordshire, England. It is managed by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
History
The origins of the hospital lie in the General Dispensary which was esta ...
, Bedford Dialysis Unit and Harlow Renal Unit.
The Trust took over the Lister Surgicentre from Clinicenta, a subsidiary of Carillion
Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018.
Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...
in September 2013 after the centre was severely criticised by the Care Quality Commission and local MPs. 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.
Performance
The 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 Clostridium difficile have plummeted, and the quality and range of clinical services provided through our hospitals has improved considerably.”
It spent 7.8% of its total turnover on agency staff in 2014/5.
In the last quarter of 2015 it had one of the worst performances of any hospital in England against the four hour waiting target.
It ended 2015/6 in deficit of £16 million.
It was fined a total of £605,000 under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament enabling businesses to charge other business customers interest on overdue accounts and to obtain compensation. The Act extends to England, Scotla ...
from 2014-7.
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. It is planned to be taken over by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is an NHS foundation trust based in London, United Kingdom. It comprises University College Hospital, University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, the UCH Macmillan Cancer C ...
in April 2021.
See also
*Healthcare in Hertfordshire
Healthcare in Hertfordshire was the responsibility of the Herts Valleys, East, and North Hertfordshire clinical commissioning groups until July 2022.
History
From 1947 to 1965 NHS services in Hertfordshire were managed by the North-West Metropol ...
* List of NHS trusts
This list of NHS trusts in England provides details of current and former English NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, acute hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, and the unique Isle of Wight NHS Trust. , 217 extant trusts empl ...
References
External links
*CQC inspection reports
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