Cripps Health Centre is the base for the
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...
Health Service (UNHS). Its new building, opened in 2018, is the largest single site
practice
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health centre in the United Kingdom. About 45,000 patients are registered there and there are 50 staff. The
Cripps Foundation Cripps is a surname of English origin, and may refer to:
* Andrew Cripps, Australian politician
* Annabelle Cripps, competitive swimmer
* Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952), Anglican priest and writer
* Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor (1852– ...
, founded by Sir
Humphrey Cripps donated £9 million to finance the rebuilding of the centre. The previous, smaller, building opened in 1969 and had 6,000 students and staff registered.
It was designed by CPMG Architects and
Arup Group with not only clinical consulting rooms, minor operations suites and a patient observation bay, but physiotherapy areas, and a dental treatment surgery, pharmacy and space for the university mental health advisory service as well as the usual training rooms and offices. There are medicinal and aromatherapy plants in a courtyard garden. It was named the Best Inclusive Building in the region in 2019 at the East Midlands Building Excellence Awards.
The centre provided a free sexual health service until March 2018 when funding for it was withdrawn.
Nottingham City Council said it was "additional and complementary to core provision."
The University of Nottingham Health Service is an NHS general practice and has been rated as Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in 2015 and upon reinspection in 2019.
References
External links
UNHS WebsiteCosmedics Website
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Clinics in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Nottingham
Buildings and structures in Nottingham