University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust | |
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Type | NHS trust |
Established | 1963 |
Headquarters | Clifford Bridge Road Coventry CV2 2DX |
Population | 1.7 million |
Hospitals |
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Chair | Sue Noyes[1] |
Chief executive | Prof Andy Hardy [1] |
Staff | 10,000+[2] |
Website | www |
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust runs University Hospital Coventry and the Hospital of St. Cross situated in Rugby, Warwickshire. The trust works in partnership with the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School.
Development
The trust was one of five to benefit from a five-year, £12.5 million programme announced by
In 2019 the trust announced that it was dispensing with the services of Warwickshire and Solihull Blood Bikes, and their services would be replaced by a commercial contract with QE Facilities Limited, a subsidiary company of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.[4]
Research and teaching
The University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust works in partnership with the
Dr Raj Mattu, a consultant cardiologist was dismissed by the Trust in 2010. In 2001 he had exposed the cases of two patients who had died in crowded bays at Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry. In April 2014 an
Performance
The trust keeps unusually high quality performance data and uses the
It was the first large teaching trust in England to have eliminated two-year waiters for elective care in 2022.[11]
See also
- Healthcare in West Midlands
- List of NHS trusts
References
- ^ a b "Trust Board Members". www.uhcw.nhs.uk/. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
- ^ "UHCW: More than a Hospital". www.youtube.com. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "US corporation brought in to help improve five trusts". Nursing Times. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Charity that provided free blood service to NHS is replaced by private firm in £14,000,000 deal". Metro. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Education". uhcw.nhs.uk. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Research". uhcw.nhs.uk. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Sacked doctor 'was unfairly dismissed', tribunal rules". BBC News. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "NHS faces £20m bill for sacked doctor Raj Mattu". Daily Telegraph. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Raj Mattu case: Sacked doctor gets £1.22m in damages". BBC News. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ Lintern, Shaun (24 June 2015). "Leaked NHS England study links nursing numbers and care quality". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Daily Insight: The two-year waiter slayers". Health Service Journal. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.