U N I V E R S I T Y H O S P I TA L S B I R M I N G H A M
SPOTLIGHT ON RT HON JACQUI SMITH AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Building healthier lives R T H O N J A C Q U I S M I T H W A S T H E M P F O R R E D D I T C H B E T W E E N 19 9 7 A N D 2 010 , A N D T H E F I R S T F E M A L E H O M E S E C R E T A R Y. S I N C E T H E N S H E H A S B E C O M E A B R O A D C A S T E R A N D P O L I T I C A L C O M M E N T A T O R , A S W E L L A S A P P E A R I N G O N S T R I C T LY C O M E D A N C I N G , A N D I S C H A I R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y H O S P I T A L S B I R M I N G H A M N H S F O U N D A T I O N T R U S T . A S W E R E P O R T H E R E , T H E T R U S T K N O W S T H E W I D E R R O L E T H A T I T C A N P L AY I N L E V E L L I N G U P S O C I E T Y. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, employing over 20,000 staff and serving a regional, national and international population. UHB includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham which is the largest single-site hospital in England. The Trust sees and treats more than 2.2 million people every year across its sites and its hospitals deliver more babies
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than anywhere else in Europe. UHB is world-renowned for its trauma care and has developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. With an annual turnover of £1.6bn UHB is the second largest trust in the country by turnover and one of the largest employers as a whole in the West Midlands. This gives the Trust a much wider role in the city and region, and the opportunity to act on its mission to build healthier lives. The Trust sees itself as an anchor institution within Birmingham
