university college london hospital

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), situated in the heart of London, is one of the most complex NHS Trusts in the United Kingdom, serving a large and diverse population. In July 2004, we were one of the first NHS Trusts to be granted Foundation Trust status. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, both locally and to patients from throughout the United Kingdom and abroad. We balance the provision of highly rated specialist services with providing acute services to the local populations of Camden, Islington, Westminster and the City of London. We have a turnover of £632 million and contracts with more than 150 Primary Care Trusts to provide services. We treat over 500,000 outpatients appointments and admit 100,000 patients each year. We employ 6,000 staff and are a major teaching centre offering training for nurses, doctors and other health care professionals. Our excellence in research and development was recognised in December 2006 when in partnership with University College London (UCL) we became one of the countrys five comprehensive biomedical research centres. Operational from September 2008, UCL Partners was created, bringing together five of Britain's world renowned medical research centres and hospitals: UCL (University College London); Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH): Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust; and, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.