Performance

Our clinical outcomes

Barts and The London’s hospitals are one of the top-rated teaching hospitals in the country, according to the independent Healthcare Commission’s national annual health check. The commission’s assessment, which examines how organisations are performing against various measures, including how long patients wait for treatment, patient safety and how the organisation is run, confirmed that the services provided by our three hospitals – Barts in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel and The London Chest in Bethnal Green – are of excellent quality.

Access

All patients referred to Barts and The London Orthopaedic Centre by their GP or hospital doctor are seen within the national waiting time targets.

Time from diagnosis to surgery - within 18 weeks

Number of patients treated

We see and treat 35,000 patients each year in the orthopaedic and fracture clinics at The Royal London Hospital. We see 11,800 new patients and 23,200 follow up patients (those requiring another appointment).

Protecting patients against infection

We take infection control seriously. MRSA infection rates at Barts and The London hospitals compare well with most other specialist hospitals in London and we are implementing several measures to improve this further.

At Barts and The London Orthopaedic Centre, we have no MRSA on our elective orthopaedic ward (Croft ward).