Harefield Hospital, Harefield

General hospital information

  • Number of beds: 139
  • % of single rooms: 43%
  • Total parking spaces: 90
  • Average parking fee per hour: £1.20

Address & description

Harefield Hospital,
Hill End Road, Harefield, England, UB9 6JH
Tel: Work 01895 823 737
Harefield Hospital

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe.

The Trust is based on two sites:

  • Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, London
  • Harefield Hospital in Middlesex
The Trust has a 160-year history of expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and long-term care of heart and lung disease. As a specialist centre, we see patients from around the UK. Our experts help patients of all ages who have heart and lung problems. The Trust employs 2,500 staff and has 440 specialised beds.

Here are some key facts:

  • We care for more people with breathing difficulties than anywhere else in the UK.
  • Our Heart Attack Centre at Harefield has the fastest treatment time in Europe.
  • We look after more transplant patients than any other centre in the country.
  • We have one of the largest adult congenital heart disease units in the world.
  • We have the largest cystic fibrosis unit in Europe.
In the most wide-ranging 2009 annual assessment of NHS performance that is carried out the Trust achieved the highest possible rating of ‘excellent’, both for the quality of its services and for its financial management.

Our research

We are renowned for the quality of our research conducted with our academic partners, including Imperial College London. We are proud to deliver first-class care at the bedside today and to be leading innovative research that will ensure future patients have even more effective treatments for heart and lung disease.

In April 2008, The National Institute for Health Research awarded a four-year grant worth over £10 million to the partnership of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London to fund two major respiratory and cardiac research units at the Trust. The centres will spearhead research in respiratory and cardiovascular medicine, translating advances in medical research into benefits for patients and supporting the expansion of current research into these diseases.

Harefield Hospital

Harefield Hospital is a national and international leader in the treatment of heart and lung disease and is renowned for its pioneering transplant unit.

Harefield Hospital is one of the largest and most experienced centres in the world for heart and lung transplants. In 1983, a team of doctors led by the eminent Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub performed Britain’s first heart-lung transplant. More recently, we have pioneered the development of ‘artificial hearts’ (also known as left ventricular assist devices or LVADs). At our dedicated Heart Attack Centre we deal with heart attack emergencies from outer north-west London. Our arrival-to-treatment time of 23 minutes is the fastest in the country and amongst the fastest in Europe.

The hospital is a major centre for the treatment of lung cancer, chest cancer and other chest surgery.

We have more than 900 staff, five operating theatres and four catheter laboratories. The hospital has 149 beds including 44 dedicated to cardiac and thoracic surgery, 30 in the transplant unit, 42 for cardiology and 18 for adult intensive care.

* this profile text was provided by Royal Brompton& Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

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Services at Harefield Hospital

General Services Information

Hospital Questions

  • How many single rooms are available to NHS patients at this hospital: 60
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet: 24
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 24
  • Does this hospital operate an accident and emergency unit: No
  • How many specialist palliative care beds are available at this hospital: 0
  • Does this hospital have a named private unit/service: Yes
  • What is the name of the private unit/service: B Floor
  • How many beds are available within the private unit/service: 20
  • How many single rooms are available within the private unit/service: 12
  • Of these, how many have an ensuite toilet: 12
  • Of these, how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 12
  • Direct telephone number for the private unit: +44 (0)1895 82 88 57

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust treat private patients: Yes

Patient Safety

Trust Questions

  • Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for a foreign body being left post surgery: On-line, electronic incident reporting system commentsDatix is the risk management system in use in the Trust
  • Is there a system for recording operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: On-line, electronic incident reporting system commentsDatix is the risk management system in use in the Trust
  • Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: On-line, electronic incident reporting system commentsDatix is the risk management system in use in the Trust
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: 0
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations were cancelled due to missing notes: 0
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: 0
  • How many incident investigations using a full Root Cause Analysis did were carried out in 2010/11: 17 commentsRCA routinely performed for all Serious Incidents
  • What percentage of patient safety incidents resulting in severe harm or death had a full RCA initiated/completed: 100%
  • What percentage of acute inpatients have a track and trigger warning system in place for the duration of the admission: 91-99%
  • What percentage of patients are risk assessed for venous thromboembolism on admission: 91-99%
  • Compliant with all relevant NPSA safety alerts issues in 2010/11 (you can find a full list of alerts issued at http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?p=3). : Yes comments(There are 4 for which the deadline is not until later in 2011 or in 2012. We are currently working towards compliance with these and expect to be fully compliant by the NPSA deadline).
  • Does the Trust have a policy for providing educational programmes on using and interpreting clinical indicators: No commentsNo policy exists, but education on using and interpreting clinical indicators occurs routinely
  • Does the Trust have a designated member of staff who supports teams in locating and analysing safety and quality data? (support): Yes
  • Is safety and quality data available on a central platform and actively disseminated to users: Yes

Infection Control

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust employ an antibiotic pharmacist: Yes commentsThere is one pharmacist cross trust.
  • Does the Trust operate a pre-admission assessment clinic or equivalent system where patients are screened and results returned in advance of the day of admission: Yes
  • Elective patient groups screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: All elective surgical and medical commentsThe vast majority of elective cardiothoracic surgical patients and elective medical patients.
  • Are all oncology patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable
  • Are all chemotherapy patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable
  • Are all elective neurosurgery patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable
  • Are all patients with past history of MRSA screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: No commentsThis is not feasible for all patients however THE MAJORITY of patients will have either GP screening or will attend a pre-op assessment clinic or have pre-op screening as a ward attender.
  • What method of MRSA screening is used when screening at admission: Culture based in 48-72hrs
  • On admission, does topical suppression take place immediately: No commentsONLY if a known MRSA patient
  • Does the Trust have at least one accident and emergency unit: No
  • Does the Trust have a dedicated isolation ward: No
  • Protocol for isolating patients with infections: We have an isolation policy and isolate as per policy.
  • Does the Trust have an isolation policy: Yes
  • Where medically appropriate, are patients with C Diff isolated in single rooms as a matter of priority: Yes
  • Does the Trust have a policy to guide the use of metronidazole and vancomycin for C.difficile infected patients: Yes commentsThis is within the C. difficile policy
  • Does the Trust routinely isolate all patients with diarrhoea: Yes

Stroke Medicine

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust have a specialist stroke unit or units: No
  • Is the Trust part of a stroke care network: No
  • Is thrombolysis for stroke patients provided 24 hours per day and 7 days a week : No
  • Are there any formal arrangements with neighbouring hospitals for the emergency transfer of stroke patients who would benefit from thrombolytic treatment: No

Trauma & Orthopaedics

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust offer a trauma service: No
  • Does the Trust offer an orthopaedics service: No

Paediatrics

Hospital Questions

  • Does the hospital have a paediatrics service: Yes

Trust Questions

  • Is the Trust's elective paediatric surgery carried out only by designated surgeons with at least six months training in a specialist unit: Yes
  • Do the Trust's anaesthetists with responsibility for paediatric anaesthesia participate in at least one paediatric list per week: Yes
  • Is a paediatrician on site (SpR or higher) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week: Yes
  • Are at least two registered children's nurses on duty 24hours per day in each children's ward: Yes
  • Is there a designated facility on site for parents or guardians to stay overnight: Yes

Palliative Care

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust provide a palliative care service: Yes
  • How is specialist palliative care delivered at the hospital: Other (please specify) commentsA multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care team and referral to community based hospice(s)
  • Does the hospital's specialist palliative team includes: Other (please specify) commentsA consultant in palliative medicine and a clinical nurse specialist in palliative care nurse supported by the wider MDT based at Royal Brompton Hospital and the Specialist Palliative Care Team at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
  • Is the Trust's specialist palliative care team available 24 hrs a day seven days a week: Yes
  • Are facilities provided to support relatives and carers who wish to stay with a patient in hospital: Yes
  • Does the Trust routinely survey and evaluate the views of patients and bereaved relatives and carers regarding the delivery of care on the end of life programme: Yes

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