Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Type NHS trust
Established22 December 1994
HeadquartersHamstel Road
Harlow
CM20 1QX [1]
Hospitals
Staff3,600 (2019/20) [2]
Website www.pah.nhs.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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.

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

History

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

Development

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

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 Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust A&E performance 2005-18.png
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]

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References

  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