CW+ is the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Our vision is to enable every patient to receive outstanding care, in our Trust’s community of more than 1.5 million people and beyond.
Our mission is to work with our Trust to create world-class facilities, drive innovation and research, and enhance patient and staff wellbeing. Using our expertise in partnership building, arts in health and healthcare innovation, we develop creative solutions to support an evolving NHS.
Our values reflect the positive, supportive culture at CW+ and underpin the work we do. We are:
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On 13 May 1993, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opened Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. It was, at the time, the most technologically advanced hospital in Europe.
It was built to bring together the services of Westminster Hospital (the first hospital in the world to be funded entirely by public subscriptions and gifts), Westminster Children’s Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital and St Mary Abbots Hospital.
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With a design that was a groundbreaking departure from the impersonal hospitals of old, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital soon became a landmark centre in London and a model replicated by other health systems across the world.
An ambitious and pioneering hospital arts programme was established from the start, with renowned pop artist Allen Jones’s 18m-tall sculpture, ‘The Acrobat’, being built into the foundations of the atrium.
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CW+ continues to honour and expand on this important legacy. We are proud of the part we – and our generous community of supporters – play in driving the development of new treatments, technologies and models of care.
In September 2015, West Middlesex University Hospital merged with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, forming Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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Today, our Trust is one of the top-ranked and top-performing healthcare providers in the UK, serving a diverse community of more than 1.5 million people.
It employs more than 6,000 staff over two main hospital sites, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and across 12 community-based clinics in north-west London.
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The Trust has nationally recognised expertise in areas including emergency and intensive care medicine, maternity and paediatrics, HIV/sexual health services, burns, plastics and dermatology, hospital design and digital innovation.
An NHS charity is an independent charitable organisation that works alongside an NHS hospital, Trust or healthcare service to support patients, staff and local communities.
NHS charities raise money from donations, fundraising, corporate partnerships and gifts in wills to fund projects that go beyond core NHS budgets. This can include improvements to hospital environments, healthcare innovation, staff wellbeing initiatives and projects that enhance patient care and experience.
CW+ is the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, supporting Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital and community healthcare services across north-west London.
CW+ works closely with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust while operating as an independent registered charity governed by its own Board of Trustees.
Through this partnership, CW+ raises and distributes charitable funding to support projects across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital and the Trust’s community healthcare services.
NHS charities help hospitals fund projects and improvements that go beyond core NHS funding. They support initiatives that enhance patient and staff experiences, improve hospital environments, advance healthcare innovation and help develop new ways of delivering care.
CW+ supports Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital and community healthcare services delivered by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust across north-west London.
NHS charities receive charitable income from a range of sources, including donations from individuals, community fundraising, challenge events, corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations, major gifts and gifts in wills.
These contributions enable charities such as CW+ to invest in projects that benefit patients, families and staff.
NHS charities support projects that go beyond core NHS funding. This can include innovative healthcare technologies, research, staff wellbeing initiatives, training and development, improvements to hospital environments, arts programmes and projects that enhance patient care and experience.
At CW+, charitable funding supports projects across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital and the Trust’s community healthcare services.
No. Core NHS services, including medical treatment and frontline healthcare, are funded by the NHS.
Charitable funding is used to enhance services and experiences, and to support innovation, research, staff wellbeing and other projects that go beyond core NHS budgets.
CW+ works closely with NHS staff and clinical teams at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to identify areas where charitable funding can make the greatest difference.
Funding decisions are guided by patient and staff needs, evidence of potential impact, strategic priorities and the opportunity to improve care, experiences and outcomes.
CW+ supports patients and staff by funding healthcare innovation, arts and design programmes, improvements to hospital environments, staff wellbeing initiatives and projects that enhance patient care and experience.
Working in partnership with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, we invest in new technologies, improved hospital spaces, staff development and wellbeing, and promising new ideas that can be tested, evaluated and developed across the Trust. Where successful, these approaches can be shared more widely, helping improve healthcare for patients beyond our own hospitals and community services.
Many NHS hospitals and healthcare services are supported by a dedicated NHS charity. If you would like to make a charitable contribution to your local hospital, supporting its NHS charity is often one of the most direct ways to help enhance patient care, staff wellbeing and the healthcare environment.
If you’d like to support Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, West Middlesex University Hospital and community healthcare services across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, you can do so through CW+.
There are many ways to support CW+, including making a donation, taking part in a fundraising event, organising your own fundraiser, becoming a corporate partner or leaving a gift in your will.
Every contribution helps CW+ support patients, staff and healthcare services across our hospitals and community services.
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