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Nottingham Hospitals in top 10 most improved NHS trusts in England
Nottingham University Hospitals in top 10 most improved NHS trusts in England in urgent and emergency care
The NHS England (NHSE) integrated urgent and emergency care incentives scheme 2024/25shows that Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has ranked in the top 10 most improved trusts in England and is most improved in the East Midlands for 4-hour performance. NUH has also ranked in the top 20 most improved England trusts in 12-hour performance. All of which has resulted in a £3 million NHSE cash boost.
The Department of Health and Social care’s (DHSC) urgent and emergency care (UEC) plan sets out a roadmap for rapid and sustained improvement, focusing on the changes that will make the biggest difference to patients and staff, and it is backed by approximately £375 million of capital investment.
The plan also introduces ambitious targets to significantly improve services, focusing on reducing hospital stays, improving patient flow, and enhancing ambulance response times.
NUH Medicine Care Group Clinical Director, Tasso Gazis said, “The flow through the emergency departments has been improved not just by what has been done by committed colleagues here but by what has been done across the hospital and beyond.”
“While we have made significant improvements for staff and patients, there is still a way to go to get where we need to be. But this is a step in the right direction.”
NUH has been awarded £1 million for ranking eighth in the top ten most improved trusts in the country with the most improved 4-hour performance across 2024/25 compared to 2023/24 and the only trust in the East Midlands to be in the top 10.
Additionally, NUH has been awarded £2 million for being in the top 20 trusts in England for most improved 12-hour performance putting the trust sixth nationally
NUH is proud to have earned a significant share of that funding, which will be reinvested back into its services. A significant proportion of the £3million is going to be spent on expanding same day emergency care (SDEC) service at Queens Medical Centre.