Queen's Hospital is a hospital in Romford, in East London, England. It was built on the site of the former Oldchurch Park, a short distance south of the town centre. Construction began in June 2003 and was completed in October 2006.
Queen's is the flagship hospital of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust and effectively replaced Harold Wood Hospital, Oldchurch Hospital, Rush Green Hospital and St George's Hospital, Hornchurch when it opened in December 2006, despite having approximately 800 less beds than those four combined hospitals. Queen's has a standard bed capacity of 939.
In July 2013 the Care Quality Commission issued a formal warning about the hospital, particularly for the accident and emergency department.
In March 2017, after receiving a positive review from the care quality commission, the hospital was taken out of special measures and praised by the commission for its work in a number of areas.
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Design
The hospital comprises four large circular buildings and a one-level building. It has a distinctive shape compared to other local NHS hospitals, such as King George Hospital in Goodmayes. The building takes up 8.5 hectares of the 12.5 hectares of land it is situated in. The hospital contains a coffee shop, a food court, vending machines and a shop. It has 939 beds and the ability to provide a further 60 if required.
There are five floors in the building. The wards are:
- Ground floor: A&E, CDU, AAU, Haematology, Radiotherapy
- 1st floor: Maternity, Coral, Tropical Lagoon, Day Surgery and Theatres
- 2nd floor: Sahara, Amber, Ocean and Pathology
- 3rd floor: Cornflower, Mandarin, Bluebell and Clementine
- 4th floor: Sky (Includes private healthcare ward), Sunrise, Harvest and CCU
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Location and transport
The hospital is located on Rom Valley Way, RM7 0AG, near to the now demolished Romford Ice Arena and Romford town centre.
London Buses routes 5, 128, 175, 193, 365, 496, 498 and 499 serve the hospital. The nearest railway station is Romford, with mainline services to London Liverpool Street and East Anglia, and the nearest London Underground station is Elm Park, served by the District line.
Transfer and opening
As a consequence of Queen's opening, the nearby Oldchurch Hospital closed on 10 December 2006 and Harold Wood Hospital closed on 13 December 2006. Patients, wards and departments were successfully moved to the new hospital between 6 and 10 December 2006.
What is not mentioned is the closing of Rush Green Hospital Romford and the Closing of St George's Hospital, Hornchurch. All four hospital grounds were sold to private development companies. Also not mentioned is the fact that Queens Hospital is privately owned under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme and not owned by the NHS.
Queen's was fully operational from 20 December 2006.
Patient entertainment
The hospital has an in-house hospital radio station operated by Bedrock. The service is free of charge to the in-patients.
Bedrock previously served Oldchurch Hospital and Harold Wood Hospital until the new Queen's Hospital opened in 2006. Hospital Radio in Havering has been operating since 14 February 1964. Since February 2014, Hospital Radio started Simulcasting the service online to reach more patients, staff and visitors of Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust.
The previous bedside television system is now not operational, due to the collapse of the service provider.
Sodexo also provide a mobile shop with newspapers and confectionery items to the wards daily.
See also
- Healthcare in London
- List of hospitals in England
References
External links
- Queen's Hospital - Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust
- Queen's Hospital - NHS Choices
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