Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Geography
Location	Thomas Drive, Liverpool, L14 3PE
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	Specialist
Affiliated university	University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University
Services
Emergency department	No
Beds	187[1]
Speciality	Cardiothoracic Surgery
History
Founded	1991 as The Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC) Liverpool; 2008 as Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Links
Website	www.lhch.nhs.uk

Type of Trust
NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Details
Type	Hospital
Revenue £000	103,971 GBP 2013/14 [2]
Operating surplus/(deficit) £000	3,877 [2]
Total Assets £000	89,426 [2]
Total Equity £000	71,276 [2]
Employees	1,430 [2]
Chair	Neil Large
Chief Executive	Jane Tomkinson
Slogan	Excellent, compassionate and safe care for every patient, every day.
Links
Website	Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Care Quality Commission reports	CQC
Monitor	Monitor
Wiki-Links	National Health Service

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) is a major specialist cardiothoracic hospital and NHS foundation trust located in the suburb of Broadgreen within the city of Liverpool, England. The hospital shares its site and buildings with the adjacent Broadgreen Hospital, and is sometimes referred to informally as Broadgreen due to its location. It serves the population of Merseyside, North West England, North Wales and the Isle of Man but also provides some specialist services for patients from all areas of the United Kingdom performing up to 12,000 procedures a year.^[3]

LHCH is one of several specialist hospitals located within the Liverpool City Region, alongside Liverpool Women's Hospital, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, The Walton Centre, Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

In 2016, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital became the first specialist hospital within the United Kingdom to be awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission.^[4][5]

Services

The services the hospital provides services include:

• Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
• Pacemakers and ICD (Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillator)
• Electrophysiology (EP) studies and Ablation
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts (CABG)
• Heart Valve Replacements
• Aortic Aneurysm Operations
• Thoracic Operations
• Upper GI Operations
• Respiratory Medicine (including Adult Cystic Fibrosis)
• Respiratory procedures
• Cancer Services

^[3]

• CHKS Top Hospitals Data Quality Award for Specialist Trusts 2015 ^[6]
• Advancing Quality Awards: Best Performing Trust (Specialist Cardiac Centre) ^[7]
• Chief Nursing Officer Summit Award 2014: Compassion in Practice Award ^[8]
• Joint first for Clinical Digital Maturity Index 2013 ^[9]
• Best Hospital Provider 2012 ^[10]
• Enhancing Patient Dignity 2012 ^[11]
• Quality and Productivity 2011 ^[12]

Performance

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 1335 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 4.13%. 92% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 69% recommended it as a place to work.^[13]

See also

• List of hospitals in England
• List of NHS trusts

References