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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