Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Kingston Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Kingston Hospital NHS Trust | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kingston upon Thames, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university |
St George's, University of London Kingston University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 520 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs Kingston Hospital, an acute NHS hospital in Kingston upon Thames, South West London. It has an Accident & Emergency Unit, a popular midwife-led Maternity unit, and an STD clinic known as the Wolverton Centre.
History
The hospital is on the site of the former Kingston Union Workhouse, which was built in 1837-1839 as a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. An infirmary was built on the site of what is now Regent Wing in 1843. A nurses home complex was built in the north west corner of the site in 1897, which was partially demolished in 1998 to build a car park.
In 1902 the infirmary was separated from the workhouse and named Kingston Infirmary. In 1920 it was renamed Kingston and District Hospital. In 1948, when the NHS was launched, the entire former workhouse site was given over to the hospital, and many of the original buildings were demolished. Esher Wing was built in the 1970s.
In June 2007, the Trust opened a new Surgical Centre with a new 100 bedded facility, housing surgical and gynaecology wards. The centre also houses the physiotherapy department, education centre and the staff and visitor restaurant, The Dining Room.
More recently, in June 2008, the Trust opened the Sir William Rous Unit, for those with cancer or concerned they might have cancer. The unit is run in partnership between, Kingston Hospital, The Royal Marsden Hospital and Macmillan Cancer Support so as to provide care for patients with cancer. A net amount of charitable funds of £5.5 million was raised by a public appeal under the chairmanship of Nigel Clarke. The hospital charity is currently fundraising for its Alzheimer Strategy through a Charity Fundraising Committee, chaired by Serge Lourie, former leader of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, initially to raise £750,000 to improve the treatment of the increasing number patients suffering from dementia.
As well as the General Charitable Fund, the trust also has the KingstonCan appeal, which helped to provide funds for the building of the Sir William Rous Unit, a dedicated cancer unit and also Born Too Soon, which offers support to parents who have a baby being cared for on the Neonatal Unit at Kingston Hospital.
The Trust was licensed as an NHS Foundation Trust by Monitor (NHS) from 1 May 2013.
Services
The hospital, which is located on one site in Kingston upon Thames, serves approximately 320,000 people in Kingston, Richmond, Roehampton, Putney, East Elmbridge and other parts of South West London. It has approximately 520 beds. The trust directly employs some 2,600 staff with another 300 staff employed by contractors but working on behalf of the Trust.
The trust broke from the national pay agreement in August 2015 by giving a 1% pay rise to its 22 senior non-clinical staff - those earning above £57,069 - in line with the award for the rest of the staff. The trust does not qualify for London weighting and was worried that it would lose senior managers.[1]
Performance
It spent 9% of its total turnover on agency staff in 2014/5.[2]
Transport
Kingston Hospital is close to Norbiton railway station and is on the A308. It is serviced by several bus routes (primarily from Kingston upon Thames).
See also
References
- ↑ "London trust defies government pay agreement". Health Service Journal. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Agency spending: the real picture". Health Service Journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.