Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
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The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an academic teaching NHS Foundation Trust
which operates hospitals in Norfolk
, England
. The trust was first established on 8 February 1994 as the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust and authorised as the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 May 2008.
In 2000 the Government announced that a joint venture bid with the University of East Anglia
http://www.uea.ac.uk to have a medical school and university hospital in Norwich had been successful. As a result, the trust had been established as the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust on 18 January 2001.
In 2009 the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission
, rated the trust's hospitals as Fair for Quality of Services and Good for Use of Resources. The trust serves a catchment population of 654,900.
’s School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/med including undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. A five-year MB/BS programme began in September 2002 with an intake of over 160 students a year.
There are strong links with the University of East Anglia
(UEA) centred in the medical school with the appointment of Chairs in Primary Care, Education, Epidemiology, Cancer Studies. The medical school has close links with Health Economics, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Epidemiology, and the School of Biological Sciences where there is a Chair in Cancer Studies.
The trust is also home to the Norwich Radiology Academy
http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/nra one of only three national Radiology
training centres established jointly by the Department of Health and Royal College of Radiologists
.
The UEA School of Nursing and Midwifery’s http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/nam Edith Cavell
building on the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital campus opened in 2006. This provides teaching facilities for Nursing and Midwifery education.
in November 2001 and has 987 acute beds. NNUH is the county's main emergency centre and offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Known locally and affectionately as the "N&N", the hospital has a very proud history that stretches back to the original foundation of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
in 1771 by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch.
The Queen
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page2917.asp performed the official opening of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on 5 February 2004. NNUH first opened to patients in November 2001, replacing the former Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
, and West Norwich Hospital, and all the department moves from the two former hospitals were completed in January 2003.
is located on the North Norfolk
coast and provides an important range of acute consultant and nurse-led services to the residents of North Norfolk. Services include day surgery
, out-patients, an eight-station renal dialysis unit, x-ray, ultrasound and a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) which is open seven days a week, from 8:00 am to 08:00 pm.
Plans are being developed for a new hospital on the current Mill Road hospital site in Cromer
. The tender was awarded in October 2007 to Balfour Beatty
subsidiary Mansell to undertake the construction project. The new hospital is due to open in 2012 and the architect is David Bissonnet of Purcell Miller Tritton http://www.pmt.co.uk/.
The £15 million Cromer Hospital
project is being funded from the very generous Sagle Bernstein and Phyllis Cox legacies http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/Page.asp?ID=83.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/his/medhis/images/images4.htm was founded in 1771 as a charitable institution for the care of "the poor and the sick" and was established by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch. The old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital finally closed in 2003 after services were moved to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
.
An earlier driving force for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital's establishment had been the Bishop of Norwich, Thomas Hayter
. The hospital opened in the St Stephen's Road in 1772, with around 100 beds, and was designed by architect Thomas Ivory
.
In late 2001 most services left the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for the new university hospital on the Norwich Research Park with the last departments vacating the St Stephen's Road site in January 2003. The old hospital site was sold by the Department of Health to developer Persimmon Homes and the site has been redeveloped as Fellowes Plain.
NHS Foundation Trust
An NHS foundation trust is part of the National Health Service in England and has gained a degree of independence from the Department of Health and local NHS strategic health authority.Foundation Trusts are represented by the , .-Function:...
which operates hospitals in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The trust was first established on 8 February 1994 as the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust and authorised as the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 May 2008.
In 2000 the Government announced that a joint venture bid with the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
http://www.uea.ac.uk to have a medical school and university hospital in Norwich had been successful. As a result, the trust had been established as the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust on 18 January 2001.
In 2009 the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission
Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England. This includes services provided by the NHS, local authorities, private companies and voluntary organisations -...
, rated the trust's hospitals as Fair for Quality of Services and Good for Use of Resources. The trust serves a catchment population of 654,900.
Education
The trust is a joint venture partner in University of East AngliaUniversity of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
’s School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/med including undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. A five-year MB/BS programme began in September 2002 with an intake of over 160 students a year.
There are strong links with the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
(UEA) centred in the medical school with the appointment of Chairs in Primary Care, Education, Epidemiology, Cancer Studies. The medical school has close links with Health Economics, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Epidemiology, and the School of Biological Sciences where there is a Chair in Cancer Studies.
The trust is also home to the Norwich Radiology Academy
Norwich Radiology Academy
The Norwich Radiology Academy, which opened in November 2005 and is part of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, is one of only three training centres in England specially created for training consultant radiologists....
http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/nra one of only three national Radiology
Radiology
Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
training centres established jointly by the Department of Health and Royal College of Radiologists
Royal College of Radiologists
The Royal College of Radiologists is the professional body responsible for the specialty of clinical oncology and clinical radiology throughout the United Kingdom. Its role is to advance the science and practice of radiology and oncology, further public education and set appropriate professional...
.
The UEA School of Nursing and Midwifery’s http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/foh/nam Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and spy. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested...
building on the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital campus opened in 2006. This provides teaching facilities for Nursing and Midwifery education.
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (2001 to present)
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=1195&aspectid=11 opened on the Norwich Research Park http://www.nrp.org.uk on the southern outskirts of NorwichNorwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
in November 2001 and has 987 acute beds. NNUH is the county's main emergency centre and offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Known locally and affectionately as the "N&N", the hospital has a very proud history that stretches back to the original foundation of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital [7] was founded in 1771 as a charitable institution for the care of "the poor and the sick" and was established by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch...
in 1771 by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch.
The Queen
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page2917.asp performed the official opening of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on 5 February 2004. NNUH first opened to patients in November 2001, replacing the former Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital [7] was founded in 1771 as a charitable institution for the care of "the poor and the sick" and was established by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch...
, and West Norwich Hospital, and all the department moves from the two former hospitals were completed in January 2003.
Cromer Hospital (1932 to present)
Cromer HospitalCromer Hospital
Cromer and District Hospital opened in 1932 in the suburb of Suffield Park in the town of Cromer within the English county of Norfolk.. The hospital is run by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provides an important range of acute consultant and nurse-led services...
is located on the North Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
coast and provides an important range of acute consultant and nurse-led services to the residents of North Norfolk. Services include day surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
, out-patients, an eight-station renal dialysis unit, x-ray, ultrasound and a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) which is open seven days a week, from 8:00 am to 08:00 pm.
Plans are being developed for a new hospital on the current Mill Road hospital site in Cromer
Cromer
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...
. The tender was awarded in October 2007 to Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc is a British construction, engineering, military housing, rail and investment services company. It is one of the largest construction companies in the UK, and the 15th largest in the world...
subsidiary Mansell to undertake the construction project. The new hospital is due to open in 2012 and the architect is David Bissonnet of Purcell Miller Tritton http://www.pmt.co.uk/.
The £15 million Cromer Hospital
Cromer Hospital
Cromer and District Hospital opened in 1932 in the suburb of Suffield Park in the town of Cromer within the English county of Norfolk.. The hospital is run by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provides an important range of acute consultant and nurse-led services...
project is being funded from the very generous Sagle Bernstein and Phyllis Cox legacies http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/Page.asp?ID=83.
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (1771 to 2003)
The Norfolk and Norwich HospitalNorfolk and Norwich Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital [7] was founded in 1771 as a charitable institution for the care of "the poor and the sick" and was established by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch...
http://www.uea.ac.uk/his/medhis/images/images4.htm was founded in 1771 as a charitable institution for the care of "the poor and the sick" and was established by William Fellowes and Benjamin Gooch. The old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital finally closed in 2003 after services were moved to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is a National Health Service academic teaching hospital located on the off the A11 road and the Watton Road on the southern outskirts of Norwich, England....
.
An earlier driving force for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital's establishment had been the Bishop of Norwich, Thomas Hayter
Thomas Hayter
Thomas Hayter was an English divine, who served as a Church of England bishop for 13 years.He was born in Chagdord, Devon , officially the son of George Hayter. It has often been claimed that Lancelot Blackburne was his father, but there is no conclusive evidence either way...
. The hospital opened in the St Stephen's Road in 1772, with around 100 beds, and was designed by architect Thomas Ivory
Thomas Ivory
-Life:He was admitted a freeman of Norwich as a carpenter 21 September 1745, and lived in the parish of St. Helen.He obtained a license for his company of actors, the Norwich Company of Comedians, to perform in Norwich in 1768, and in the same year sent competition drawings for the erection of the...
.
In late 2001 most services left the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital for the new university hospital on the Norwich Research Park with the last departments vacating the St Stephen's Road site in January 2003. The old hospital site was sold by the Department of Health to developer Persimmon Homes and the site has been redeveloped as Fellowes Plain.