We provide the majority of community healthcare services in the London boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond-upon-Thames.  Previously the community healthcare services were run by the two primary care trusts, NHS Hounslow and NHS Richmond. The services merged on 1 April 2010 and following approval from the Secretary of State for Health, we became an independent NHS trust on 1 April 2011. You can read more about the merger in our history section.

Becoming an NHS trust is the first step in the process to become a foundation trust.  You can read more about our plans to become an NHS foundation trust here.  

What we do

• We prevent hospital admissions and emergencies.

Our new rapid response service in Richmond assesses patients with long-term conditions in their own homes and provides care within two hours of GP referral. Our district nursing services across the boroughs provide care around the clock.

• We rehabilitate.  

Our range of therapists based at West Middlesex Hospital help patients recover from injuries and illnesses and manage long-term conditions, while our specialist neuro-rehabilitation team in Richmond help patients recover from strokes and brain injuries.

• We prevent illness and improve health and wellbeing.

Our health and wellbeing services such as the Hounslow Stop Smoking Service helped nearly 2,000 people stop smoking in 2010/11 and our dietitians and specialist diabetes teams educate and support patients to make long-term lifestyle changes.

• We care for people in their own homes.

Services like our Respiratory Care Team based in Richmond visit patients with long-term respiratory illnesses monitoring their health and helping them manage their condition, while our Children’s Continuing Care team care for children with complex health needs, life-limiting conditions and those who require palliative care.

• We are community healthcare specialists.

We are one of only two NHS trusts in the capital and 16 nationally, solely focussed on providing community healthcare.