A bit about us
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is made up of the three NHS teaching hospitals in Leicester:
and also includes
The Trust is managed by a board of directors, chaired by Martin Hindle, working with our chief executive, Malcom Lowe-Lauri. Our board meets every month at the General; meetings are open for the public to attend.
Foundation trust bid
We began our bid to become a NHS foundation trust (FT) on Monday 11 January when we launched our public consultation.
Over the next 12 weeks, we will be talking to our patients, staff and the public about our plans to become a FT, the benefits it will bring and some of our outline plans for the future.
Our patients
We treat more than one million people each year and nine out of ten of our patients think that the care they receive from us is excellent, very good or good.
If you are, or have recently been, a patient in one of our hospitals you can help us to continue to improve our services. Please take a few minutes to fill in our online survey form and tell us how it was for you.
Caring at its Best
We know that coming into hospital can be a difficult time for you as a patient. You may be feeling unwell and there’s also the anxiety of the unknown and what you should expect during your stay with us.
That’s why with the help of our patients we have developed Caring at its Best. A set of standards which underpin everything we do and help us to ensure you receive the care we pride ourselves on.
Centres of excellence
We have nationally and internationally recognised centres of excellence in cardiac, renal and cancer care.
The Care Quality Commission has recognised our cardiac unit at Glenfield Hospital as one of three top specialist centres in Britain for successful heart bypass operations and in the top five for performing the most heart operations.
Pioneering patient care
We work to improve patient care through our research programmes and we are at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. For example, our surgeons pioneered keyhole surgery for kidney patients and microwave treatment for treating liver cancer.
We are committed to research and development in striving to improve patient care. At any one time there are more than 400 research projects active in the Trust, ranging from small local projects to international programmes involving different centres throughout the world.