University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

What University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust does

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) is a publicly funded NHS acute hospital trust operating across four sites in Staffordshire and the North Midlands of England: Royal Stoke University Hospital (the primary acute and major trauma facility), County Hospital in Stafford (elective and day-case services), Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke, and the Stoke-on-Trent Community Diagnostic Centre. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, the trust delivers emergency, inpatient, outpatient, maternity, neonatal, paediatric, cancer, surgical, rehabilitation, and diagnostic services to the regional NHS patient population, free at the point of use under the UK National Health Service framework.

The trust runs an extensive specialty service portfolio including a Macmillan-affiliated Cancer Centre, a lung cancer screening programme using mobile CT, a Staffordshire-wide Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Service, sleep medicine, cardiothoracic prehabilitation, and a COPD Virtual Service. Its underlying technology stack comprises NHS-standard electronic patient records, diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI, X-ray), integrated pathology (haematology, biochemistry, histology, microbiology, molecular genetics), and a Simulation Suite and Extended Reality Lab used for clinical staff education. Digital patient-facing services include the One Consultation video clinic platform and the Patients Know Best personal health record integrated with the NHS App. The trust also operates CeNREE (Centre for NMAHP Research and Education Excellence) and a North Midlands Commercial Research Delivery Centre, and hosts a School of Medicine as a teaching trust.

UHNM's revenue is derived almost entirely from NHS England commissioning and Staffordshire clinical commissioning groups under capitated and activity-based public funding arrangements, with no patient-facing pricing. Ancillary income is generated through the UHNM Charity (a separate charitable fund supporting equipment, research, and patient experience enhancements) and limited commercial research activity. The trust is governed by an NHS statutory board led by Chief Executive Simon Constable and Chairman David Wakefield, with a direct commissioning relationship to NHS England and a joint chair arrangement with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for integrated care delivery across Staffordshire.

Name

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Legal name

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Website

https://uhnm.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

UHNM is a publicly funded NHS acute trust operating Royal Stoke University Hospital, County Hospital, Staffordshire Children's Hospital, and a Community Diagnostic Centre, delivering emergency, specialist, and elective healthcare to NHS patients across Staffordshire and the North Midlands of England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Acute Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Safety-Net & Public Hospitals (HLAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Acute hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Specialist healthcare services
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Maternity and neonatal care

Headquarters

HQ city

Stoke-on-trent

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. NHS Public Healthcare Services: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust operates as a publicly funded National Health Service (NHS) trust, providing comprehensive healthcare services to patients in Staffordshire and surrounding areas. Revenue is derived from NHS England and clinical commissioning groups based on activity and capitated funding arrangements.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is a publicly funded National Health Service trust operating a multi-site hospital network across Staffordshire. It delivers comprehensive acute, emergency, elective, maternity, children's, cancer, diagnostic, and specialist clinical services free at the point of use under the NHS framework, funded through NHS England commissioning arrangements.

Product overview

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust operates a multi-site hospital network consisting of Royal Stoke University Hospital (main acute facility), County Hospital in Stafford, Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke, and Stoke-on-Trent Community Diagnostic Centre. The trust provides comprehensive NHS healthcare services including emergency and elective care, critical care, major trauma, cancer services (radiotherapy and Macmillan support), maternity and neonatal care, children's services, extensive diagnostic services (pathology, imaging, endoscopy), specialist services (cardiology, stroke, respiratory, sleep disorders, lung cancer screening), mental health, pharmacy, therapies, and community-based care. The trust also operates research (CeNREE), education (School of Medicine, nursing/midwifery training), simulation/extended reality training facilities, and digital health services including One Consultation video clinics and Patients Know Best patient portal integrated with NHS App. UHNM Charity supports additional patient care and research funding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Royal Stoke University Hospital

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026UHNM maintains a joint chair arrangement with Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to lead collaborative partnerships between the two NHS organisations, focusing on integrated care delivery across Staffordshire.
• Macmillan Cancer SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Macmillan Cancer Support providing the UHNM Macmillan Cancer Support and Information Centre, offering practical, emotional, and spiritual support for cancer patients and their families.
• NHS EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs an NHS trust, UHNM operates under NHS England commissioning frameworks and national NHS guidelines, regulations, and quality standards.
• The Armed Forces (Defence Medical Services)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUHNM holds recognition as an Armed Forces-friendly organisation, providing healthcare services to military personnel and veterans under the Armed Forces Covenant.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: One of the largest UK acute and teaching NHS trusts operating multiple hospital sites including major trauma; directly comparable to UHNM as a large multi-site acute NHS provider in the North of England.
• University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust: Major multi-site acute and teaching NHS trust in the West Midlands offering trauma, specialist and tertiary services comparable to UHNM's Royal Stoke offering.
• The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust: Neighbouring West Midlands acute NHS trust operating New Cross Hospital and community services; comparable to UHNM in scale, geography and acute service mix.
• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust: Adjacent NHS trust providing acute hospital services across Shropshire and Telford; comparable as a regional acute provider competing for similar patient flows in the West Midlands/North Midlands corridor.
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: Major East Midlands acute and teaching NHS trust with a similar multi-site model including a major trauma centre; directly comparable in service breadth and teaching trust status.
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: Large multi-site acute and teaching NHS trust in the East Midlands offering similar trauma, cancer, maternity and specialist services to UHNM.
• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: Major acute teaching NHS trust in the West Midlands operating University Hospital Coventry and Rugby St Cross; comparable in scale, teaching status and acute service portfolio.
• Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Integrated NHS trust providing community, mental health and learning disability services across Staffordshire; UHNM's formal joint-chair partner and a key collaborator in integrated care delivery.
• Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: East Midlands acute and teaching NHS trust running Royal Derby Hospital and London Road Community Hospital; comparable as a similarly sized regional teaching provider.

Regional players

• Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Neighbouring NHS trust running Leighton Hospital and Victoria Infirmary; comparable as a regional acute provider in the North Midlands/North West overlap area but smaller than UHNM.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/UHNM.NHS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/university-hospitals-of-north-midlands-nhs-trust
• Xx.com/UHNM_NHS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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