United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

What United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust does

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULH) is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in England, providing publicly funded secondary and emergency healthcare services free at point of use to a population of over 760,000 in Lincolnshire. The Trust operates four main acute hospital sites — Lincoln County Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital Boston, Grantham and District Hospital, and County Hospital Louth — supplemented by three Community Diagnostics Centres in Lincoln, Grantham, and Skegness and a wider community services footprint delivered in partnership with NHS Property Services. Service lines span emergency medicine (24-hour A&E at three sites), inpatient care, surgical procedures, maternity, cancer care, outpatient specialties, diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI, ultrasound, X-ray, nuclear medicine), and teaching/research as a designated NHS Teaching Hospital.

The Trust's technology base rests on standard NHS digital infrastructure augmented by a Canon Medical Systems partnership for advanced diagnostic imaging (CT and ultrasound), a Digital Letters Patient Portal with SMS notifications, NHS App integration for patient 16+, the All About Me communication tool for patients with communication difficulties, ANPR parking systems, and SPARK Media in-hospital entertainment funded by the ULH Charity. There is no proprietary software platform or AI capability disclosed. Core technology is conventional for an NHS acute trust rather than differentiated.

ULH operates as a statutory public body under the NHS Act 2006, generating no commercial sales revenue; funding flows from NHS England allocations. Ancillary income derives from car parking (e.g., Lincoln County Hospital up to £6 for 4+ hours; Louth £2 all day), overseas visitor charges, and charitable funding. Distribution is entirely direct via hospital sites and NHS referral pathways (GP, A&E, inter-hospital transfers). The Trust is grouped with Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust under the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group for coordinated care delivery, and remains under active CQC oversight (most recent overall rating 'Requires improvement', February 2022).

Name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Legal name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Website

https://ulh.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is one of England's largest acute hospital trusts, operating four main hospitals and three Community Diagnostics Centres to deliver publicly funded emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic healthcare services to over 760,000 residents of Lincolnshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospital-Based Emergency Departments (EDs) (HLAFADAA), Hospital-Operated Urgent Care Centers (HLAFADAC)

Keywords

• Acute hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Surgical procedures
• Outpatient specialist care

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincoln

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust delivers publicly funded acute and specialist hospital services across Lincolnshire through four main hospitals and three Community Diagnostics Centres. Core services include 24-hour A&E at Lincoln, Boston, and Grantham, all major medical specialties, diagnostic imaging, surgical services, maternity care, cancer treatment, and outpatient consultations, supplemented by digital patient services such as the Digital Letters portal and NHS App integration.

Product overview

United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute and specialist healthcare services through a network of four main hospitals: Lincoln County Hospital, Grantham and District Hospital, Pilgrim Hospital Boston, and County Hospital Louth. The Trust operates Community Diagnostics Centres in Lincoln, Grantham, and Skegness offering elective diagnostic services including CT and ultrasound imaging. Digital patient services include the Patient Portal for appointment management and digital letters, NHS App integration for health record access, and the All About Me communication tool for patients with communication difficulties. The Trust also provides community services including urgent treatment centres and partners with Progress Living for accommodation services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lincoln County Hospital

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Canon Medical SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationCanon Medical Systems provides advanced CT and ultrasound systems for the Community Diagnostics Centres in Lincoln, Skegness, and Grantham. The equipment upgrades aim to improve diagnostic capacity, reduce wait times, enable same-day results, and support lung cancer screening and liver surveillance programmes.
• Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroup arrangement between Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust forming Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group. The Group Trust Board meets bi-monthly to coordinate care across both organisations with goal of improving patient care across the county.
• Progress LivingsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to provide high-quality accommodation for colleagues, patients and families across Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group. Offers fully furnished homes, cluster flats, and family options near NHS sites with flexible short or long-term stays.
• NHS Property ServicessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS Property Services owns and manages several hospital sites including County Hospital Louth, John Coupland Hospital (Gainsborough), Skegness and District Hospital, and Johnson Community Hospital (Spalding), with clinical services provided by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
• Carers FIRSTsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivers the Lincolnshire Carer's Service in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council, providing information, advice, guidance, carers assessments, training and activities for carers across Lincolnshire.
• Lincolnshire County CouncilsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with the Trust through Lincolnshire Carer's Service providing central access point for carers support via customer service centre.
• Royal Voluntary ServicesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity transport service that may help patients get to hospital appointments through volunteer drivers and community transport options.
• SPARK MediasupportingTechnology or IntegrationFree entertainment resource for patients funded by United Lincolnshire Hospitals Charity. Allows patients to access live TV, hospital radio, digital magazines/newspapers, games, on-demand services and e-books from their own devices.
• AccessAblesupportingTechnology or IntegrationProvides detailed accessibility information and guides for the Trust's hospital sites, helping patients with disabilities plan their visits.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: A large East Midlands acute teaching hospital trust operating across multiple sites (Queen's Medical Centre, City Hospital) with comparable A&E, specialist, and teaching mandate. Directly comparable as a fellow NHS acute teaching trust serving an adjacent East Midlands population.
• Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Mid-Nottinghamshire acute trust running King's Mill, Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospital. Comparable in scale, A&E provision, and community diagnostics mix in a similarly semi-rural catchment.
• United Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust: Large acute trust operating Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford. Comparable as a multi-site acute teaching trust with similar diagnostic, cancer, and community service portfolio depth.
• North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust: Neighbouring acute and community hospital trust serving North and North East Lincolnshire. Operates multiple acute sites with A&E and community diagnostics, making it the closest geographic peer for catchment overlap and service-line mix comparisons.
• Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: East Midlands/Yorkshire large acute teaching trust (Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill). Shares the teaching status, multi-site acute model, and regional referral profile relevant for ULHT's positioning.
• Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Single-site acute hospital trust in Northamptonshire with A&E, maternity, and community diagnostic services. Comparable as an East Midlands acute NHS provider with similar catchment-scale pressures.
• Derby and Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Midlands acute trust with Royal Derby and Queen's Hospital Burton plus community sites. Similar scale, multi-site teaching hospital model with diagnostic, A&E, and elective service lines directly overlapping ULHT.
• North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Acute trust operating Peterborough City, Hinchingbrooke, and Stamford & Rutland Hospitals. Comparable multi-site acute configuration with a community diagnostics and outpatient footprint across a dispersed catchment.

Others

• NHS Property Services: Owns and manages several ULHT sites (Louth, Gainsborough, Skegness, Spalding). A key ecosystem / landlord relationship rather than a competitor, but a structural dependency relevant to capital and operating model discussions.

Broad incumbents

• Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS): The Group partner Trust in the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group. Operates community hospitals, urgent treatment, and community services across the same county — the most directly comparable local system peer for integrated care and CDC-related pathways.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ULHT_news
• Facebookfacebook.com/unitedlincolnshirehospitalsnhstrust

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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