Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

The Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is an NHS Trust with an annual budget of about £121 million,[1] and employs 1,900 staff. It manages Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, Erith and District Hospital and Elm Court.[2]

History

A proposed merger with Medway NHS Foundation Trust was called off in September 2013.[3]

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 2593 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.68%. 78% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 76% recommended it as a place to work.[4]

Darent Valley Hospital had the highest rate and number of MRSA cases for NHS trusts in England in 2015. There were 14 cases of patients being infected between 1 April 2015 and 29 February 2016.[5]

See also

References

  1. Darent Valley Hospital: About us
  2. "Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust". Oxleas NHS Trust. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. "Dartford and Medway hospital trusts pull out of merger". BBC News. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. "Dartford's Darent Valley Hospital 'failing in MRSA control'". BBC News. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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