 The trust was established as Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust on 5 June 2000 and became operational on 1 April 2001.It took its current name on 1 February 2009.It has a new Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, a regional centre for neurosurgery, one of the busiest cancer centres in London and one of the busiest maternity services delivering over 8,000 babies a year.