Ealing Hospital is a busy district general hospital providing acute services for patients in the west London area. Situated in the London Borough of Ealing, the hospital was opened in 1979, with the maternity wing being added in 1988. Trust status was granted in 1992.
Our main commissioner of services is the Ealing Primary Care Trust, accounting for around 90% of our patients. Both Ealing Hospital and the Ealing Primary Care Trust are within the London Strategic Health Authority.
Our community
We serve an ethnically diverse community of some 300,00 people, with considerable variation in social and economic status. 41% of local residents are from the black and minority ethnic groups, mainly from the Indian sub-continent.
Our hospital
The hospital provides a range of medical, surgical, maternity and child health services. 83% of our adult inpatients are admitted as emergencies. Currently there are 352 beds, which work at occupancy rates in excess of 97%. Our 24-hour accident and emergency department is one of the busiest departments in West London.
Our staff
Our dedicated staff are the Trust's most important asset. The hospital employs approximately 1620 staff and provides excellent training and development opportunities for healthcare professionals and all staff.
Ealing is a recognised teaching hospital of Imperial College London University with students in medical, surgical, paediatric, anaesthetic and other attachments.
We have close academic and service links with Hammersmith Hospitals Trust, which include registrar rotations in medicine, surgery and anaesthetics and many consultants have joint appointments or academic sessions at Imperial College.
The Trust is divided into four clinical directorates and a corporate directorate. The structure of the clinical directorates with the clinical care groups is designed to strengthen clinical leadership and improve the quality of patient care. They are:
