{"id":201216,"date":"2025-06-21T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/201216\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T00:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:33:10","slug":"queens-and-king-george-hospitals-temporary-ward-closure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/201216\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen&#8217;s and King George Hospitals temporary ward closure plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) plans to temporarily close two adult inpatient wards heading into summer &#8211; one at Queen&#8217;s Hospital in Romford and one at King George Hospital in Goodmayes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This reduction in bed capacity is part of the trust&#8217;s 2025\/26 annual plan, published on Wednesday (June 18), which sets out its goals and priorities for the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to the annual plan document, the closure is expected to save BHRUT a total of \u00a34.5 million.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/news\/25155403.wes-streeting-urges-wiser-nhs-spending-east-london-hospital-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wes Streeting urges &#8216;wiser&#8217; NHS spending on east London hospital visit<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It does not make it clear how long the wards would be shut, but states that staff would be redeployed to elsewhere in the hospital.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The annual plan lays out six\u00a0goals for the year, including delivering &#8220;high-quality, patient centred care&#8221;, creating a diverse workplace and addressing the inequalities experienced by staff and patients.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The wards closure sits within the section called &#8220;make better use of resource to get financially fit&#8221;, with BHRUT aiming to make \u00a361 million in savings and break even in 2025\/26.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement released alongside the plan, BHRUT said the coming year will be &#8220;extremely tough financially&#8221;, which will &#8220;impact on the services we provide&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The annual plan document said: &#8220;As we enter what is expected to be one of the most financially demanding years for the NHS, our ambition remains clear.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We know the scale of the challenge: delivering \u00a361m of savings, double the level achieved in recent years, will require relentless focus, strong governance, and difficult choices.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our track record over the past two years gives us a strong foundation to build on.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.romfordrecorder.co.uk\/news\/25173895.nhs-waiting-list-improvements-queens-king-george-hospitals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS waiting list improvements at Queen&#8217;s and King George Hospitals<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other proposals set out in the document include cutting agency staff by more than a third and ending additional recruitment and retention payments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  BHRUT will also introduce a new electronic patient record\u00a0in September, designed to help the trust become &#8220;more streamlined and efficient&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Matthew Trainer, BHRUT&#8217;s chief executive, said: &#8220;Our annual plan and goals help us focus on what we want to achieve in the coming year to improve patient care, and to make our hospitals a better place to work for our staff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019ve made lots of progress in the last 12 months, including cutting our agency staff spend by \u00a311m thanks to appointing into more substantive posts, helping us achieve a more permanent and stable workforce.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust (BHRUT) plans to temporarily close two adult inpatient wards heading into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-201216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114718546580319821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}