About ICHT
Who we are
Established in 2007, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) is one of the UK’s largest and most prestigious NHS Trusts in the country with a turnover of £1.3B, over 1M patient contacts a year and more than 14,500 staff based across 5 main sites in Northwest London. We provide acute and specialist healthcare across five hospitals – Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s and the Western Eye – having a long track record in research and education and influencing clinical practice nationally and worldwide.
We are a major provider of education and training for doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals including therapists, pharmacists, radiographers and healthcare scientists. In 2020/21, some 1,997 Imperial College London medical undergraduates trained with us.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities – aiming to provide high quality care to our patients and provide the best possible working environment for our staff. We are proud to represent our values as being Kind, Expert, Collaborative and Aspirational and are invested in supporting and developing passionate and talented people. We proudly champion diversity and inclusion, delivering more equitable experiences and outcomes for our patients and people.
What we do
ICHT provide acute and specialist healthcare for around 1.3 million people a year. Formed in 2007, they are one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country, with over 14,000 staff in Northwest London. ICHT’s five hospitals – Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea, St Mary’s and the Western Eye – have a long track record in research and education, influencing clinical practice nationally and worldwide. The Trust has a growing number of community services and provide private healthcare in dedicated facilities on all its sites.
With their partners, Imperial College London, The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, ICHT forms Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). This is one of eight academic health science centres in England, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education. We are also part of Imperial College Health Partners – the academic health science network for North West London – spreading innovation and best practice in healthcare more widely across our region.
Our partnerships
The Trust, with Imperial College London, hosts one of 20 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) biomedical research centres (BRC). This designation is given to the most outstanding NHS and university research partnerships in the country, leaders in scientific translation, and early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health. The Trust is also part of the NIHR Health Informatics Collaborative (HIC) together with Oxford University Hospitals, Cambridge University Hospitals, University College London Hospitals and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trusts. This collaboration enables NHS clinical data to be linked and shared to allow new insights into care and treatment through research.
In 2017, we were recognised as a leader in the adoption of digital technologies to improve patient care by being selected by NHS England as one of 16 global exemplars of acute care. With our partner, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, we received funding and support to drive the use of digital technology to innovate for better patient care and to create products and approaches that can be used by other organisations. We are a major provider of education and training for doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals including therapists, pharmacists, radiographers and healthcare scientists. In 2019/20, some 2,000 Imperial College London medical undergraduates trained with us and we continue to aspire to be an employer of choice.
ICHT’s mission and strategic goals
ICHT’s mission is to be a key partner in their local health system and to drive health and healthcare innovation, delivering outstanding care, education and research with local, national and worldwide impact. ICHT has three overarching strategic goals that, together, will enable them to achieve their vision of ‘better health, for life’:
- to help create a high-quality integrated care system with the population of North West London;
- to develop a sustainable portfolio of outstanding services
- to build learning, improvement and innovation into everything we do.
Our strategy and overarching goals are underpinned by our Trust values:
- Kind – we are considerate and thoughtful, so you feel respected and included.
- Expert – we draw on our diverse skills, knowledge and experience, so we provide the best possible care.
- Collaborative – we actively seek others’ views and ideas, so we achieve more together.
- Aspirational – we are receptive and responsive to new thinking, so we never stop learning, discovering and improving.
