Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Formation 1 October 2013 (2013-10-01)
Merger of Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Type NHS Trust
Purpose Healthcare
Region served
Lewisham, Greenwich
Elizabeth Butler
Tim Higginson
Dr Elizabeth Aitken (Interim)
Parent organization
 National Health Service
Website www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is an NHS trust which was formed on 1 October 2013 by the merger of Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust and Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It is responsible for running two acute hospitals, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and University Hospital Lewisham, in addition to community health services in Lewisham.[1] Despite extensive local opposition and legal challenges in Lewisham, the forced merger came about as part of the dissolution of South London Healthcare NHS Trust - of which Queen Elizabeth was part, but Lewisham was not - and was approved by Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt on 26 September 2013.[2]

Both hospitals will continue to operate emergency departments, acute medicine services and maternity units following the High Court decision which ruled that the plan to close services at Lewisham Hospital was unlawful,[3] a judgement which was subsequently upheld in the Court of Appeal.[4]

In January 2014, after a public campaign the Trust decided not to outsource the trust's procurement department to Serco.[5]

The Trust was given an £8.5m bailout of public dividend capital by the Department of Health to cover an unexpected deficit for the financial year 2014-15.[6]

Choir

The Trust's choir, the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir, appeared on Gareth Malone's BBC Two competition show The Choir: Sing While You Work in 2013, where they finished second.[7] They reached Christmas number one in 2015 with the charity single "A Bridge over You".[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a new Trust formed on 1 October 2013.". Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Greenwich and Lewisham health care trust merger plan approved". BBC News. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  3. ↑ "Jeremy Hunt's Lewisham hospital cuts plan quashed at High Court". BBC News. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  4. ↑ "Lewisham Hospital: Appeal Court overrules Jeremy Hunt". BBC News. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  5. ↑ "Campaigners claim victory over Serco decision by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust". News Shopper. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "London trust receives £8.5m bailout to cover unexpected deficit". Health Service Journal. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Trust Choir - Lewisham and Greenwich". www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  8. ↑ "NHS Choir beat Justin Bieber to Christmas number one spot". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-25.

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