Ealing Hospital

{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Ealing Hospital | org_group = London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust | image = Ealing Hospital 2008.jpeg | caption =  | logo =  | location = Uxbridge Road, Southall, UB1 3HW | region = Greater London | state = England | country = UK | healthcare = NHS England | type = District General | speciality =  | standards =  | emergency = Yes | affiliation = Imperial College London | beds = ~358 | founded = {{Start date and age|1992}} | closed =  | website = {{url|lnwh.nhs.uk/}} | other_links =  | pushpin_map = United Kingdom London Ealing | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ealing }} '''Ealing Hospital''' is a district general NHS hospital, part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, located in the Southall district of the London Borough of Ealing, West London, England. It lies on the south side of the Uxbridge Road 8.5 miles west of central London. It sits between Southall town centre to the west and Hanwell to the east. It is built on land that was once part of St Bernard's Hospital which is run by West London Mental Health (NHS) Trust. The Ealing Hospital Interchange bus station is adjacent to the hospital.

==History== ===Early history=== The original hospital in the area was the Ealing Cottage Hospital which opened at Minton Lodge in Ealing Dene in 1871.<ref name=lost>{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/kingedwardmemorial.html|title=King Edward Memorial Hospital|publisher=Lost hospitals of London|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref> This was replaced by the King Edward Memorial Hospital, named in memory of King Edward VII which was opened by Princess Helena in 1911.<ref name=lost/> Two children's wards were opened in the 1930s and named the Princess Elizabeth Ward and the Prince Edward of Kent Ward; both were decorated with picture tiles depicting Noah's ark, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and biblical scenes and made by Carter and Co..<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 October 1936 |title=Hospital children's wards completed |work=Middlesex County Times |pages=4 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=20 March 1981 |title=Outcry over decision to move tiles |work=Southall Gazette |pages=2 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Two tiles depicted Princess Elizabeth and her sister Princess Margaret.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greene |first=John |title=Brightening the long days: hospital tile pictures |publisher=Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society |year=1987 |isbn=9780951211106 |pages=25-26 |oclc=15595045}}</ref> When the hospital closed in the 1980s there was opposition to the tiles being moved away from the new hospital to the Ironbridge Gorge museum.<ref name=":0" /> Most were restored and re-installed in the new hospital but some are in the Jackfield Tile Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |last5= |last6= |first6= |last7= |first7= |last8= |first8= |last9= |first9= |title=Carters Tiles |url=https://www.pooleimages.co.uk/carters-tiles |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=The Virtual Museum of Poole Pottery |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Greene |first=John |date=28 November 1985 |title=Brightening long days |work=Country Life |pages=62-63}}</ref> thumb|Picture tile from Princess Elizabeth Ward

The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and came under the management of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.<ref name=lost/>

The present Ealing District Hospital was built in the late 1970s and opened 5 November 1979. Occupying part of St. Bernard's Hospital former grounds, the whole complex was renamed '''Ealing Hospital.'''{{efn|This period has gone on to sometimes cause confusion. Owing to the government edict of the day that local psychiatric and maternity services were to be viewed and treated no differently from any other parts of the health service, they demanded that these services to be combined with the services provided by district hospitals. Hence, it became the 'General Unit.' During this time: St. Bernard's Hospital, the (then new) John Conolly Wing and Max Glatt Unit became collectively known as the 'Psychiatric Unit'. The whole complex was called 'Ealing Hospital'. This situation remained until the 'General Unit' and Maternity Unit administration split away to become the Ealing Hospital (NHS) Trust. For some years afterwards, such functions as site care and maintenance was still under the direction of the psychiatric services trusts of St Bernard's Hospital until the new Ealing Hospital NHS Trust started to prepare for Foundation status and became fully autonomous. This confusion has resulted in television crews pointing their cameras at the wrong buildings and delivery vans and juggernauts – having see the sign for St Bernard's 'wing' – going round and round looking for St. Bernard's Main Hospital block but in the adjacent housing estate just to the west.}} At the same time, the King Edward Memorial was closed along with the nearby Hanwell Cottage Hospital in Green Lane and many of the services provided by the Southall-Norwood Hospital on The Green were transferred to the new hospital. The adjacent St. Bernard's Hospital regaining its old identity to provide mental health services once more.<ref name=losteal>{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/ealing.html|title=Ealing Hospital|publisher=Lost hospitals of London|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref>

===Merger=== In October 2014, as part of a drive towards efficiency savings in the NHS, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust merged with The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust.<ref>{{cite web | last =NHS Trust Development Authority | title =Merger of The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust | url =http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/blog/2014/10/01/merger-of-the-north-west-london-hospitals-nhs-trust-and-ealing-hospital-nhs-trust/ | access-date =29 December 2014 }}</ref> Ealing Hospital underwent a merger process that saw acute services distributed between itself, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital, and Central Middlesex Hospital. It is anticipated that there will be a phased removal of acute care services from Ealing Hospital in the medium to long-term.<ref>{{cite web | last =London Evening Standard | title =Campaigners at Ealing Hospital: 'Closing our maternity unit is madness' | url =https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/campaigners-at-ealing-hospital-closing-our-maternity-unit-is-madness-9781589.html | access-date =29 December 2014 }}</ref>

===History of maternity unit=== The original NHS provision for births was Perivale Maternity Hospital,{{efn|Originally opened 1948 as Perivale Maternity Home, the site eventually had 166 homes built upon it – Notting Hill Housing Trust.}} Greenford. With a total of 67 beds and ten cots in a special care baby unit, Ealing residents 'chose' to have 33.5% of their births here at a rate of 1,800 per annum. (Queen Charlotte's Hospital came second with 23.5%). Various working committees agreed that for various reasons it would be better to move the facilities at Perivale to a new maternity unit located on the same site as Ealing General. Thus, on 1 March 1985, a proposal was submitted outlining a number of options together with assessments of relative costs and benefits. The aim was for a 60 beds unit to be able to reach 2,500 deliveries per annum.<ref>Briggs P W (1 March 1985) District Medical Officer. Submission of Ealing Health Authority: Maternity – Approval in Principle submission.</ref>

Due to the centralisation of maternity units in North West London, in May 2015, the decision was made for the maternity unit at Ealing Hospital to be closed. From 31 June 2015, women were no longer able to give birth at Ealing Hospital.<ref>{{cite web| last =Ealing CCG | title =Pregnancy and maternity services| url =https://www.ealingccg.nhs.uk/services/pregnancy-and-maternity-services.aspx| access-date =5 February 2021 }}</ref>

===Quality of care=== In 2008 Ealing Hospital Trust was listed last out of the 165 trusts in England in a survey of patients' ratings of the level of care. Director of Nursing Paul Reeves said that the data was collected in August 2007 and the trust was addressing the issues with a series of action plans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7399883.stm|title= London NHS trust 'worst for care'|date=14 May 2008|publisher=BBC News|access-date=15 May 2008}}</ref>

In 2008/09 Ealing Hospital did well in a Dr Foster patient safety enquiry achieving a band 4 – better than many other hospitals in the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drfosterhealth.co.uk/quality-accounts/trust.aspx?otype=2&id=56|title=My Hospital Guide 2013: Essential Reading for Smart Spending}}</ref>

In September 2014, following the closure of nearby Emergency Departments at Central Middlesex and Hammersmith Hospitals, there was a significant increase in pressure on surrounding departments, including at Ealing Hospital, where the percentage of patients being seen under 4 hours fell to 67.8%.<ref>{{cite web | last =London Evening Standard | title =A&E waiting times at west London hospitals hit a record after closures | url =https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/waiting-times-at-ae-at-west-london-hospitals-hit-a-record-after-closures-9850531.html | access-date =29 December 2014 }}</ref> An independent review is ongoing about the impact the decision to close these departments has had on emergency care in the North West London area.<ref>{{cite web | last =Ealing Council | title =Independent commission to review A&E closures | url =http://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/1129/independent_commission_to_review_a_and_e_closures | access-date =29 December 2014 }}</ref>

Care UK runs an urgent care centre on the site which was investigated by ITV's Exposure programme in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015-07-21/medical-staff-under-pressure-tell-patient-to-take-her-own-temperature/|title=Medical staff under pressure tell patient to take her own temperature|date=21 July 2015|publisher=ITV|access-date=21 May 2018}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commons category}} *Transport for London: [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/hanwellandealinghospital-2114.pdf Bus services to and from Hanwell]. Retrieved 2007-06-05 * National Rail Station: [http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/HAN.html Hanwell]. Retrieved 2007-06-05 * Addiction Network in association with Chaucer Clinic (alcoholism) and Nick Charles [http://www.addictionnetwork.co.uk/]. Retrieved 2008-10-27. * [http://www.ealinghospital.nhs.uk// Ealing Hospital NHS Trust -official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518085439/http://www.ealinghospital.nhs.uk/ |date=18 May 2013 }}. Retrieved 2013-04-25. *Healthcare Commission. Standards of care review for: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211222304/http://annualhealthcheckratings.healthcarecommission.org.uk/annualhealthcheckratings/searchourfindings.cfm/cit_id/20856/widCall1/customWidgets.content_view_1 Ealing NHS Hospital]. Retrieved 2007-05-19. * [http://www.meadowhousehospice.org.uk// Meadow House Hospice]. Retrieved 2013-04-25. * [http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/Home Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]. * UNISON: [http://www.unison.org.uk/pfi/index.asp Private Finance Initiative (PFI)]. Retrieved 2007-06-05 * Unison (January 2007 Revised edition). [http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/16299.pdf In the Interests of Patients? The impact of the creation of a commercial market in the provision of NHS Care]. Retrieved 2007-09-15

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