Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an academic teaching NHS Foundation Trust which operates hospitals in Norfolk, England. The trust was first established on 8 February 1994 as the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust and authorised as the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 May 2008.

In 2000 the Government announced that a joint venture bid with the University of East Anglia to have a medical school and university hospital in Norwich had been successful. As a result, the trust had been established as the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust on 18 January 2001.

In 2009 the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission, rated the trust's hospitals as Fair for Quality of Services and Good for Use of Resources. The trust serves a catchment population of 654,900.

Read more about Norfolk And Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:  Education, Hospitals, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (2001 To Present), Cromer Hospital (1932 To Present), Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (1771 To 2003)

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