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The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust responsible for the management of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire, as well as the Prince Charles Eye Unit and the Dialysis Unit, both in Windsor; Bracknell Healthspace, Townlands Hospital in Henley-on-Thames, and West Berkshire Community Hospital, which is between Newbury and Thatcham.
In October 2013, as part of a screening process by the Care Quality Commission, based on existing data and intended for use in prioritising inspections, the Trust was put into the highest risk category. [7] [8] [9] A patient at the Royal Berkshire Hospital on 5 March 2020 was the first confirmed fatality in the UK from the COVID-19 pandemic. [10]
The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre is a 299-bed acute care facility. With a team of over 380 physicians, 2,500 staff members and 850 volunteers, [11] the RVH provides healthcare specializing in cancer care, surgical services, critical care, mental health rehabilitation services, as well as women and children's programs.
The first phase of the hospital, which replaced the Royal Victoria Hospital, [a] opened in 1989. [4] A second phase of the hospital was opened by Princess Anne in 1992. [4] A Cardiac Intervention Unit was opened in April 2005 and the Derwent Hospital, a 28-bed unit previously operated as a private hospital, was purchased in 2007.
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal is the only charity that fundraises exclusively for the hospital and the neonatal intensive care unit at St Michael's Hospital, to provide facilities and comforts for patients and their families. [18] The Grand Appeal raised £12M towards the new building for the child-friendly hospital, which opened in April 2001.
Hospital for consumption and diseases of the chest, near the Royal Hospital. Chelsea, 1841. The hospital was founded during the 1840s by a group led by Philip Rose, the first public meeting to promote the proposal for the hospital having been convened on 8 March 1841. [5]
The original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local workhouse in February 1864. [1] Additions included a medical wing in 1903, a children's wing in 1925 and a 74-bed annexe in 1926. [1]
In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission. [7] It was put into a buddying arrangement with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. [8] In February 2014 the Trust announced it would invest £5 million to create 150 new nursing jobs to cut down on agency staff.