Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust is an NHS trust which provides adult and children's community health services. History. The trust was established on 1 April 2011 as part of the Transforming Community Services initiative from the community services arm of the then Hounslow and Richmond primary care trusts. Stephen Swords was chair of the board when it was established until he was succeeded by Sian Bates on 1 February 2020. Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs was subsequently appointed Chair in Common at Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Kingston Hospital  NHS Foundation Trust from 1 April 2022. 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 868 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.38%. 72% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 61% recommended it as a place to work. The trust now employs 1,140 people. The 2017 national staff survey established the trust as: The Care Quality Commission rated the trust as requiring improvement in 2016. Subsequently, in 2017, the inpatient unit at Teddington  Memorial Hospital was rated 'Good' in all areas. The rapid response and rehabilitation team was identified as an area of outstanding practice as part of that subsequent inspection. In August 2017 the community recovery service was rated good as part of a Hounslow-borough wide inspection of health and care services. In March 2017 there was a Joint Targeted Area Inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to abuse and neglect in Hounslow, including services provided by HRCH. This found there was effective multi-agency working, in the majority of cases, to improvements in the lives of children living with  domestic abuse. It was also noted that health services effectively identify risk to children as a result of domestic abuse, making good-quality, prompt referrals, which clearly identify the risks to children. In December 2017 the audiology service maintained its accreditation for IQIPS standard (Improving Quality in Physiological Services). The IQIPS scheme is a professionally led assessment and accreditation scheme that is designed to help healthcare organisations ensure that patients receive consistently high-quality services, tests, examinations and procedures delivered by competent staff working in safe environments. Services and locations. Some of the services offered by the trust include: It  is responsible for Teddington Memorial Hospital. In Hounslow, it provides services from: In Richmond, it provides services from: