East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Former nameEast and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Type NHS trust
Established13 March 2000 (2000-3-13)
HeadquartersCoreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Hospitals
ChairAnita Day
Chief executiveAdam Sewell-Jones
Website www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is a NHS trust which runs Lister Hospital, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, the New QEII Hospital, Hertford County Hospital, Bedford Dialysis Unit and Harlow Renal Unit.

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History

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust was created in March 2000, by merging the former East Hertfordshire and North Hertfordshire NHS trusts. [1] [2]

The Trust took over the Lister Surgicentre from Clinicenta, a subsidiary of Carillion in September 2013 after the centre was severely criticised by the Care Quality Commission and local MPs. [3] 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. [4]

In April 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care approved the Trust's request to add 'Teaching' to its name, reflecting its ongoing commitment to education, training, and teaching. [5] [6] The Trust works in partnership with the University of Hertfordshire, University of Cambridge and UCL Medical School. [7]

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 Clostridioides difficile have plummeted, and the quality and range of clinical services provided through our hospitals have improved considerably". [8]

It spent 7.8% of its total turnover on agency staff in 2014/5. [9] In the last quarter of 2015, it had one of the worst performances of any hospital in England against the four-hour waiting target. [10] It ended 2015/6 in deficit of £16 million. [11] It was fined a total of £605,000 under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 from 2014-7. [12]

In October 2019, experts warned health leaders that Mount Vernon Cancer Centre's aging facilities, outdated equipment, and staff shortages endangered patient safety and care quality. [13] The centre's future is under review; [14] one potential option is to relocate it to Watford General Hospital. [15]

In November 2023, the most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as "requires improvement". [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The East and North Hertfordshire National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 2000". legislation.gov.uk. 1 March 2000. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "The East Hertfordshire and the North Hertfordshire National Health Service Trusts (Dissolution) Order 2000". legislation.gov.uk. 1 March 2000. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Trust faces £2m bill to take over treatment centre". Health Service Journal. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "NHS trust faces £2 million costs after Surgicentre takeover in Stevenage". Comet 24. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "The East and North Hertfordshire National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2025". legislation.gov.uk. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "We are now East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust". enherts-tr.nhs.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Showcasing our significant teaching commitment" (PDF). enherts-tr.nhs.uk. East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. 2023. p. 5. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust achieves best ever results". Welwyn Hatfield Times. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Agency spending: the real picture". Health Service Journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Thirty worst A&E trusts called to London summit". Health Service Journal. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Analysis: The trusts whose finances fell furthest despite 'urgent action'". Health Service Journal. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Trust fined £600,000 for late payments of supplier". Health Service Journal. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "Neglected NHS cancer hospital is unfit for purpose, says report". The Guardian. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Review". mccreview.nhs.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  15. ↑ Deborah Price (27 January 2025). "Watford General announcement 'positive news' for Mount Vernon plans". The Comet. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - Care Quality Commission". CQC. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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