Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree University Hospital
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree Main Entrance and Ward Block, Lower Lane.
Geography
Location Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Merseyside, L9 7AL.
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency; Major Trauma Centre
Beds 712[1]
Speciality Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Haematology, Maxillofacial and Liver Surgery.
History
Founded 1898 as City Hospital, Fazakerley.[2]
Links
Website http://www.aintreehospitals.nhs.uk

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust located in the suburb of Fazakerley, in the city of Liverpool, England. It was formerly known as University Hospital Aintree NHS Trust and became a Foundation Trust in 2006.

Future

In October 2015 the Trust Board agreed to pursue the possibility of a merger with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust.[3]

Facilities

The Trust consists of Aintree University Hospital (known locally as Fazakerley Hospital, founded in 1898[4]) but does not include The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which since 1998 is now located on the same site; it originally provided services from the since demolished Walton Hospital on Rice Lane in Walton, Liverpool.[5][6] In 2009, the Care Quality Commission rated the trust "Good" for the quality of its services and "Excellent" for the quality of its financial management.[7]

Alongside the Walton Centre, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the city centre; Aintree acts as designated adult major trauma centre for the Merseyside and Cheshire regions.[8]

Aintree University Hospital is also the headquarters of UNISON Sefton Health Branch, which is the dominant trade union to the majority of the nursing and ancillary staff on the hospital site.[9]

The trust established an Electronic health record system which enabled it to dispense with paper records (which had occupied 10 miles of shelving) in 2012.[10]

Performance

In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission[11]

In December 2013 the Trust was one of thirteen hospital trusts named by Dr Foster Intelligence as having higher than expected higher mortality indicator scores for the period April 2012 to March 2013 in their Hospital Guide 2013.[12] The same report highlighted that the hospital’s HSMR mortality indicator was better than expected.[13] The hospital has said that both indicators need to be considered to give a rounded picture and that a mortality reduction programme is underway.[14]

Aintree was named "Large Employer of the Year" in the regional finals of the 2013 National Apprenticeship Awards. The hospital was also listed in the 2013 Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers list, which is produced by the National Apprenticeship Service and City & Guilds.[15]

Aintree’s staff flu immunisation campaign for 2013-14 was the best in the country. More than 83% of frontline staff had the flu jab before the campaign officially closed on 31 January 2014, the highest figure in the country.[16]

The trust was one of 26 responsible for half of the national growth in patients waiting more than four hours in accident and emergency over the 2014/5 winter.[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "My Hospital Guide 2013: Essential Reading for Smart Spending". drfosterhealth.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Barbara. "Lost Liverpool". lostliverpool.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Aintree board backs proposal for Royal Liverpool merger". Health Service Journal. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Barbara. "History of Fazakerley Hospital". fazakerleyhistory.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Home". aintreehospitals.nhs.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.aintreehospitals.nhs.uk/about_us/default.asp
  7. ↑ 2009 Care Quality Commission rating
  8. ↑ "The Walton Centre - Merseyside and Cheshire Major Trauma Collaborative". thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "UNISON Sefton Health Branch - Local Government Trade Union". unisonseftonhealth.org. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Aintree NHS saves £1m a year with electronic patient records". Computer Weekly. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "NHS Trusts put in risk categories - full list". Independent. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Dr Foster identifies 13 trusts with high mortality ratios". Health Service Journal. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Dr Foster Intelligence - Hospital Guide".
  14. ↑ "New figures reveal higher death rates at Fazakerley and Warrington hospitals". Liverpool Echo.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers".
  16. ↑ "Agenda for Sefton Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee" (PDF). Agenda for Sefton Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
  17. ↑ "26 trusts responsible for half of national A&E target breach". Health Service Journal. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

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Coordinates: 53°27′42″N 2°56′36″W / 53.461606°N 2.943427°W / 53.461606; -2.943427

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