About us
Everyday our 19,000 colleagues and 750 volunteers make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we bring new lives into the world.
We are proud to care for more than one million people a year across Nottingham City Hospital, the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Ropewalk House and in the community, improving the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and beyond.
Together, we change lives.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Team NUH is made up of just under 19,000 staff, making us one of the largest employers in the region. Our team works across Queen’s Medical Centre, the City Hospital, Ropewalk House and a number of community facilities within the region. We have an annual budget of around £1.7 billion, 90 wards and around 1,700 beds.
At Nottingham University Hospitals our staff work incredibly hard to deliver high quality care whilst always putting the patient at the heart of what they do.
We were established in 2006 from the strong foundation, rich heritage and worldwide reputation that our city has for quality healthcare, clinical innovation and professional excellence. Recognised for our outstanding care, our organisation is made up of three campuses – City Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre and Ropewalk House.
We are now one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country and provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham, its surrounding communities, and a further 3-4 million people from across the region that need to use the specialist services we provide. We are national and international leaders for many of our specialist services, including Hearing, Stroke, Renal, Neurosciences and Cancer and our Major Trauma Centre is the largest in the country.
Our Nottingham Children’s Hospital is the first children’s hospital in Europe to achieve Pathway to Excellence ® accreditation from the American Nurses’ Credentialing Centre (ANCC) and are also the first acute hospital awarded Magnet® accreditation for the quality of our nursing.
We are the third biggest teaching hospital in the country and are proud of our strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. This allows for the provision of excellent training and education for our students. We are also one of the most research active places outside of London- Oxford-Cambridge and host the National Institute for Health Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre and Nottingham Clinical Research Facilities, which together are centres of excellence for clinical research, as well as the life sciences and technology industries at which Nottingham excels.
Key challenges
Despite the dedication and hard work of teams across the Trust, too many patients continue to wait too long for care, and that further action is required to improve the experience of patients and their families. This is not solely a matter of meeting operational standards; it is about ensuring that we consistently do what is right for those who rely on our services.
Our financial position also remains challenging. In the last financial year, the Trust spent £100m more than the funding received and required in excess of £200m in additional cash support. Strengthening our financial performance is essential to safeguarding services, maintaining organisational stability, and enabling targeted investment in priority areas.
Guided by our new People First Strategy, our objective is to meet all key operational performance standards and to deliver a break-even financial position by the end of March 2027.
At NUH, we also operate within a distinctive and highly scrutinised context. The Independent Maternity Review into our maternity services is scheduled to report in June 2026. Since the commencement of the review in September 2022, the Trust has been open and proactive in its engagement, and we remain committed to maintaining a transparent and honest approach throughout.
Upon publication of the report, our primary focus will be on listening carefully, learning fully, and responding with integrity. Rebuilding and sustaining the trust and confidence of the public, our patients, and our colleagues will remain a paramount priority.
