The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC, Queen's Med or Queen's) is a

teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...

situated in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

, England. Until February 2012, when it was surpassed by the Royal London Hospital, it was the largest

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in the United Kingdom, though its remains the largest major trauma centre in England. It is managed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

History

In 1964 Health Minister

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announced in Parliament that Nottingham had been selected for a new

and

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, with 1,200 beds and an annual intake of 100 students. It was designed by the

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. Legal delays with the purchase of the 43-acre site meant that building work did not commence until May 1971. Lack of funding became a serious problem after 1979, and slowed the commissioning of some parts of the hospital. It was well into the 1980s before the project was completed. The Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) was the first purpose-built teaching hospital in the UK. It was officially opened by

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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. In April 2012, QMC was designated as the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre.

Facilities

The hospital has more than 1,300 beds and employs more than 6000 people. It has a busy

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unit, and is the primary destination of the

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, for seriously injured patients. In 2016–17, there were 195,782 emergency attendances. It is the East Midlands' main hospital for

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cases. The QMC site also contains the University of Nottingham Medical and Nursing Schools, Mental Health Wards and the privately run Nottingham Treatment Centre. The Nottingham Children's Hospital was founded in 1869 in Russell House. Nursing staff were drawn from the Sisters of St Lucy which led to it being given the unofficial name "St Lucy's". In 1899 it moved to larger premises at Forest House, donated by the lace manufacturer Thomas Birkin. In 1978, the occupants became the first in-patients of QMC when they were moved to the hospital's current location in East Block. The hospital cares for about 40,000 children up to 18 years old each year. It has 116 beds. On 17 August 2020 Nottingham Children's Hospital (along with NUH Sexual Health Services) received the American Nursing Credentialing Centre (ANCC) Pathway To Excellence designation in recognition of nursing excellence. It was the first Children's Hospital in Europe to receive this designation.

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 (

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) with Queen's Medical Centre, Wilkinson Street (for park and ride) and

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’s indigo, i4 and Red Arrow and Nottingham City Transport's Grey Line 53, 54 and Orange Line 34, 35 and 36 bus services stop near to QMC. The Queen's Medical Centre tram stop, on line 1 of the

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, is situated between the South Block of the main hospital and the Treatment Centre. The tram connects QMC with Beeston,

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, Basford,

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and

Hucknall Hucknall, formerly Hucknall Torkard, is a market town in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 7 miles north of Nottingham, 7 miles south-east of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 9 miles from Mansfield and 10 miles south of Sutton-i ...

. Passengers can change to Line 2 of the tram, which connects Phoenix Park (M1 Junction 26) with

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, at Nottingham station.

References

Sources

External links

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Map of the hospital

School of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Nottingham

Its power station owned by E.ON
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Nottingham Hospitals Radio

Video clips

Its construction
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