Table 1

Paediatric hospital catchment populations in London by year, standardised for age, sex and deprivation 

Trust codeOrganisation name2011/122012/132013/142014/15
R1HBarts Health NHS Trust12668267307270243268558
RF4Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust197275149765149133145366
RVLBarnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust127294127254113094–
RQMChelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust90449933558886586439
RJ6Croydon Health Services NHS Trust*81355780157809077160
RC3Ealing Hospital NHS Trust580775377552820–
RVREpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust87348837318116285745
RP4Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust*444181778974566236
RJ1Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust85083697537157164902
RQXHomerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust89851529515257849332
RYJImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust*72424675717451075876
RJZKing’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust8860286947148099150224
RAXKingston Hospital NHS Trust75380687166958370421
R1KLondon North West Healthcare NHS Trust––486166660
RP6Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust1824916916843
RAPNorth Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust69610599567457096137
RV8North West London Hospitals NHS Trust124936122553120266–
RT3Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust5283436138253899
RALRoyal Free Hampstead NHS Trust524435006848224155113
RYQSouth London Healthcare NHS Trust13903214796839830–
RJ7St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust103559109089113127118041
RASThe Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust65107610126119865195
RJ2The Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust6263761055103280151669
RPYThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust382216348104
RANThe Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust973529289409
RRVUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust52193398544278042106
RFWWest Middlesex University NHS Trust59734654286743063584
RKEWhittington Hospital NHS Trust53355508115131150647

  • 1. Hospital catchment populations are estimated based on the proportion of children and young people (≤18 years) from each LSOA who attend each NHS Trust in any given year for planned or unplanned care. See Methods section for full details.

  • 2. Although all Trust are presented for completeness, the catchment population is more meaningful and useful when applied to Trusts that provide general paediatric services than to specialist Trusts (for example, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, The Royal Marsden Hospital, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital).

  • 3. Where large changes occur between years, this typically reflects mergers or reconfiguration. For example, during the study period, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust merged with Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and there was extensive reconfiguration of services in North West London (North-West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Ealing Hospital NHS Trust and London North West Healthcare NHS Trust).

  • 4. *Denotes Trusts where LSOA data are missing on ≥5.0% of hospital admissions (meaning that the catchment populations should be interpreted with more caution). The exact proportion of admissions with missing LSOA data in each Trust are presented in online supplementary appendix table A5.

  • LSOA, lower layer super output area.