Queen's Medical Centre

Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

The QMC seen from the north west.
Shown in Nottinghamshire
Geography
Location Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, England
Coordinates 52°56′37″N 1°11′09″W / 52.9436°N 1.1857°W / 52.9436; -1.1857Coordinates: 52°56′37″N 1°11′09″W / 52.9436°N 1.1857°W / 52.9436; -1.1857
Organisation
Care system NHS
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university University of Nottingham
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 1300
History
Founded 1977
Links
Website www.nuh.nhs.uk

The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC or Queen's Med) is a teaching hospital situated in Nottingham, England. Until February 2012, when it was surpassed by the Royal London Hospital, it was the largest hospital in the United Kingdom,[1][2] and the largest teaching hospital in Europe.[3]

History

The Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) was the first purpose-built teaching hospital in the UK.[4] It was officially opened by the Queen on 28 July 1977, and admitted its first patient in 1978. On 1 April 2006, the Queen’s Medical Centre NHS Trust, that had previously run the hospital, merged with the Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust to form the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.[5]

Facilities

The hospital has more than 1300 beds and employs more than 6000 people.[4] It has a busy accident and emergency unit, and is the primary destination of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, for seriously injured patients. Being part of the University of Nottingham, it can call on the choice of highly qualified doctors in their respective fields. It is the East Midlands' main hospital for acute cases. The QMC site also contains the University of Nottingham Medical and Nursing Schools, Mental Health Wards and the privately run Nottingham Treatment Centre.

Nottingham Children's Hospital

Nottingham Children's Hospital is located in East Block of QMC.[6] The hospital cares for about 40,000 children up to 18 years old each year. It has 116 beds. It became operational on 11 November 1978.[7]

Transport

The hospital is situated at the junction of the dual-carriageway Nottingham Ring Road (A6514) and the east-west A52 and A6200. There is a Medilink bus service, which connects Queen's Drive (Park and Ride) with Queen's Medical Centre, Wilkinson Street (for park and ride) and Nottingham City Hospital. Multiple bus services stop near to QMC.

The Queen's Medical Centre tram stop, on line 1 of the Nottingham Express Transit, is situated between the South Block of the main hospital and the Treatment Centre. The tram connects QMC with Beeston, Nottingham Station, Nottingham City Centre, Basford, Bulwell and Hucknall. Passengers can change to Line 2 of the tram, which connects Phoenix Park (M1 Junction 26) with Clifton, at Nottingham station.

See also

References

  1. ↑ E.ON, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, retrieved 6 December 2009
  2. ↑ "Europe's largest hospital to open". 7 June 2011 – via bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Greater Nottingham Partnership, Nottingham, The Science City, Prospectus for action (PDF), retrieved 6 December 2009
  4. 1 2 "Aerial photographs of Nottingham". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Benefits from mergers: lessons from recent NHS transactions" (PDF). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Nottingham Children's Hospital - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust".
  7. ↑ "Our history - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust".

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