Queen's Hospital


Queen's Hospital is a hospital in Romford in the London Borough of Havering. It was built on the site of the former Oldchurch Park, a short distance south of the town centre. It is run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

History

The hospital was procured under a private finance initiative contract to replace Harold Wood Hospital, Oldchurch Hospital, Rush Green Hospital and St George's Hospital, Havering in 2004. It was designed by Jonathan Bailey Associates and built by Bovis Lend Lease at a cost of £312 million on Rom Valley Way, near the now demolished Romford Ice Arena. Construction was completed in October 2006.

Facilities

The hospital comprises four, circular, five-storey buildings, connected and surrounded by a wider two-storey building. The ground and first floor levels generally consist of diagnostic treatment, whilst the upper levels consist of inpatient services and wards. Facilities include a hyper-acute stroke unit, birthing centre, renal dialysis unit and a specialist neuroscience centre. The hospital also has an accident and emergency department, which treats around 150,000 patients every year.

Performance

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.

Teaching

The hospital serves as a teaching hospital for medical students from the American University of the Caribbean and Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Transport

routes 5, 103, 128, 174, 175, 193, 294, 365, 496, 498 and 499 serve the hospital. The nearest railway station is Romford on the Great Eastern Main Line and the nearest London Underground station is Elm Park on the District line.

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 October 2006. Hospital Radio in Havering has been operating since 14 February 1964.