About Us

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a large and diverse population of more than 450,000 which includes Ascot, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Slough, south Buckinghamshire and Windsor.

There are approximately 30 languages spoken in the area, the top six of which (exclusing English) are Hindi, Polish, Urdu, Somali, Romanian and Punjabi.

On the whole, the general health of people in the area is better than the England average. Priorities for the region include; childhood obesity, cardiovascular disease, early detection of dementia and falls prevention, early diagnosis of cancers including prostate, skin and colorectal and prevention and early detection of long-term conditions, heart disease and stroke.

The Trust became a Foundation Trust in 2007 and with approximately 3,200 staff, we provide acute services that include cardiology, maternity, stroke and emergency from two main sites in Wexham Park (Slough) and Heatherwood (Ascot). We also offer a range of outpatient, breast screening and diagnostic services from four other sites:

• King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor
• St. Mark's Hospital in Maidenhead
• Fitzwilliam House in Bracknell
• Chalfonts Outpatients in Chalfont St Peter

Each we year we see approximately:

We were recently awarded with a CHKS Top 40 Hospitals award covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care.

Recognised awards received to date

CHKS Top 40 Hospitals 2011

The Paragon Suite has been awarded the Customer Service Excellence Award until 2014 (subject to yearly assessments)