Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England. On 1 October 2015 the Trust was awarded Foundation Trust status and became Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Oxford University Hospitals is a local hospital trust for people living in Oxfordshire and the neighbouring counties and a specialist centre of excellence for people from much further afield.
The Trust consists of four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury – and also provides services from a wide range of other community and hospital settings in Oxfordshire and the region.
In 2017-18 OUH had:
- 1.4 million patient contacts
- 107,371 planned admissions
- 96,223 unplanned and emergency admissions
- 1.3 million meals for inpatients
- 135,964 Emergency Department attendances
And we delivered 7,500 babies!
The Trust has:
- 1,300 beds, including 100 for children
- 61 wards
- 48 operating theatres
- More than 11,500 staff, including 3,800 nurses and midwives, 1,500 healthcare support workers and 1,800 doctors.
In 2014-15 the Trust’s turnover was £1.03 billion.
Specialisms
The John Radcliffe Hospital includes the Oxford Children’s Hospital, Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford Heart Centre and Women’s Centre. It is also home to the Major Trauma Centre for the Thames Valley region following designation in April 2012. The Trust is also the designated Thames Valley centre for providing new-born intensive care support to the most severely ill or premature babies.
The Churchill Hospital is the centre for cancer services and medical and surgical specialties including renal and transplant, oncology, dermatology, haemophilia, infectious diseases, and chest medicine. It also incorporates OCDEM (the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine).
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has an international reputation for excellence in orthopaedics, rheumatology and rehabilitation. Specialist services include: children’s rheumatology, limb reconstruction, bone infection, spinal surgery, primary malignant bone tumours and sarcomas, neurological and neuromuscular disabilities.
Research Excellence
A Joint Working Agreement between the Trust and the University of Oxford provides the ability to share ideas and activities in the pursuit of excellence in patient care, research and education
Our collaboration with the University of Oxford underpins the quality of the care that is provided to patients, from the delivery of high-quality research, bringing innovation from the laboratory bench to the bedside, to the delivery of high-quality education and training of doctors.
Existing collaborations include the ambitious research programmes established through the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), located on the John Radcliffe Hospital site and at the Biomedical Research Unit in musculoskeletal disease at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. These set the standard in translating science and research into new and better NHS clinical care.
Chief Executive: Dr Bruno Holthof
Churchill Hospital
John Radcliffe Hospital
Professor Meghana Pandit
Chief Executive
Meghana trained in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Oxford Deanery and was Visiting Lecturer in Urogynaecology at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Meghana was Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Clinical Director and then Divisional Director at Milton Keynes before joining University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW) where she was Chief Medical Officer from May 2012 to December 2018 and Deputy Chief Executive from 2014.
Meghana completed MBA from Oxford Brookes University and the Innovating Health for Tomorrow Programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. She was awarded the Founding Senior Fellowship of the Faculty of Medical Management and Leadership and is Honorary Professor at Warwick University. She is Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.
As Chief Medical Officer at UHCW, Meghana led the development of clinical strategy and had responsibility for Clinical Quality, Risk, Medical Education, Research and Development, and Legal Services. She was Responsible Officer for over 500 doctors and undertook clinical office based Gynaecology.
As Chief Medical Officer at Oxford University Hospitals, Meghana had responsibility for Clinical Safety and Outcomes, Infection Prevention and Control, Medical Education and Research and Development. She was also Responsible Officer for over 1,000 doctors.
She was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Oxford University Hospitals from 1 July 2022, and is now Chief Executive Officer.