Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Name :

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address  :

Whielden Street

Town  :

Amersham

State  :

Buckinghamshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

HP7 0JD

Phone  :

01494 434411

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Colon & Rectal Surgeon
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • Dermatology
  • ENT
  • Gastro-enterology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Hematologist
  • Immunology
  • Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Microbiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
  • Pathology Lab
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Urology
  • Vascular Surgeon
Facilities

Description

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust operates from three hospital sites in Amersham Trust HQ Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe A wide range of high quality acute services are offered at all three sites as well as some specialist services including

the National Spinal Injury Centre Stoke Mandeville
burn care and plastics subregional centre Stoke Mandeville
dermatology inpatient centre Amersham

Our 4500 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire Thame Oxfordshire Tring Hertfordshire and Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire a combined population of 500000 It serves a much larger population 15m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries

The needs of the patient always come first
What makes Buckinghamshire Hospitals different is our pledge to ensure that The needs of the patient always come first This is embodied in our promises to provide our patients with clean and safe hospitals a caring and helpful attitude respect for their time good access to comfortable modern facilities and of course the best clinical care from top doctors and multiprofessional teams

Strong local partnerships
The Buckinghamshire Health Community is located within the boundaries of South Central Strategic Health Authority

Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust is Buckinghamshire Hospitals lead commissioner accounting for more than 60 of the Trusts income The two NHS organisations are coterminus with the local authority Buckinghamshire County Council which facilitates comprehensive partnership arrangements and joint planning

A good example of partnership working is the Local Safeguarding Childrens Board which is hosted by Bucks County Council You can see our joint website here

The website brings together information for children young people and their families as well as the professionals who work with them It also provides an overview of the role and scope of the Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Board
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