| Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust | |
|---|---|
| Type | NHS trust |
| Established | 1 April 2011 |
| Headquarters | Teddington, London, England |
| Hospitals | Teddington Memorial Hospital |
| Staff | 1,244 WTE (2023) [1] |
| Website | hrch |
Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust is an NHS trust which provides adult and children's community health services.
The trust was established on 1 April 2011 as part of the Transforming Community Services initiative from the community services arm of the then Hounslow and Richmond primary care trusts. [2]
Stephen Swords was chair of the board when it was established until he was succeeded by Sian Bates on 1 February 2020. Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs was subsequently appointed Chair in Common at Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 1 April 2022. [3]
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 868 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.38%. 72% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 61% recommended it as a place to work. [4]
The trust now employs 1,140 people.
Some of the services offered by the trust include:
It is responsible for Teddington Memorial Hospital.
In Hounslow, it provides services from:
In Richmond, it provides services from:
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