Broomfield Hospital

Details

Name :

Broomfield Hospital

Address  :

Court Road
Broomfield

Town  :

Chelmsford

State  :

Essex

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

CM1 7ET

Phone  :

0844 822 0002

Web URL  :


Description

During the course of the year our attention began to focus on our longerterm plan to become a Foundation Trust The Trusts earliest current authorisation date is 1st December 2009 In preparation for this the Board held strategy days and has endorsed a new vision for the future and a new simple slogan which encapsulated the Trusts aspirations

We will care for our patients in a safe caring and compassionate environment

We will recognise the changing needs of our patients

We will be regarded as a well run organisation which delivers excellent clinical services and is financially sound

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust provides acute hospital based services to a population of approximately 350000 people living in and around the towns of Chelmsford Maldon and Witham

The Trust is also home to the regional plastic surgery service which covers a population of approximately 32 million people and the regional burns services which targets a population of approximately 98 million and has an annual turnover of pound190m employing just over 3000 staff across all of the hospital sites

In 2004 the Trust was awarded Associated Teaching Hospital status from Barts and The London Queen Marys School of Medicine and Dentistry This recognises the important work the Trust does in training junior doctors and the support offered to them by the Trusts staff
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