Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

What Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust does

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly funded NHS Foundation Trust headquartered at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, United Kingdom, operating as a single-site acute hospital supplemented by three community hospitals at Haslemere, Milford, and Cranleigh. Established in 1948 as part of the National Health Service and granted Foundation Trust status in 2008, it serves a population of more than 330,000 across south west Surrey through five clinical divisions (Medicine and Access, Women and Children, Surgery, Oncology, and Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services), and acts as a tertiary cancer centre providing diagnostic and treatment services to a population of up to 2 million across the south east of England.

The Trust's core service offering centres on acute hospital care, cancer diagnosis and treatment (serving more than 8,000 cancer patients annually via the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre), maternity services (holding UNICEF Gold Accreditation), adult community services delivered in partnership with Procare Community, and national tertiary referrals in specialities including urology. It hosts the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance, one of 19 NHS England Cancer Alliances, and operates the NIHR Royal Surrey Clinical Research Facility. The Trust runs a Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit — one of only three in the UK — and has been rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Its underlying technology stack includes a joint Millennium (Oracle) Electronic Patient Record shared with Ashford St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust, AI-enabled chest X-ray interpretation software, a Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) using wearable monitoring, the MyCare patient portal, and participation in the NHS Federated Data Platform.

Royal Surrey's business model is that of a public-sector NHS organisation: services are provided free at the point of use under NHS care pathways and funded entirely through NHS budget allocations and commissioning income from NHS England and Integrated Care Boards (notably Surrey Heartlands ICB). The Trust is regulated by NHS England and the CQC, with no equity ownership, no public stock listing, and no private-equity or venture-capital exposure. It is accountable to its local community through a membership model and Council of Governors. GTM is sales-led in the NHS sense — direct service delivery through hospital sites, NHS referral pathways, GP referrals, and selected self-referral — with national tertiary referrals drawn from across the country for specialities such as urology. International nurse recruitment is conducted via NHS Jobs and Trac Jobs, supporting a workforce pipeline that has deployed over 1,000 nurses from overseas, with an OSCE training programme achieving a 96% pass rate.

Name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Legal name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Website

https://royalsurrey.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a publicly funded NHS acute hospital and tertiary cancer centre in Guildford, UK, serving 330,000 residents locally and up to 2 million for cancer services, delivering NHS-funded acute, community, maternity and specialist care through five clinical divisions.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Guildford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. NHS Budget / Government Funding: Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust operates as a public sector NHS organisation. Services are provided under NHS care pathways and funded through NHS budget allocations. The trust is subject to NHS regulatory frameworks and receives NHS commissioning income.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust delivers NHS-funded acute hospital care, tertiary cancer diagnosis and treatment, maternity services, and adult community healthcare from its main site at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and community hospitals in Haslemere, Milford, and Cranleigh. It also runs digital services including the MyCare patient portal and a Virtual Ward / Hospital at Home service, alongside the NIHR Royal Surrey Clinical Research Facility.

Product overview

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust operates as a single-site acute hospital with additional community healthcare services. The trust is structured around five clinical divisions (Medicine and Access, Women and Children, Surgery, Oncology, and Diagnostics and Clinical Support Services) and provides tertiary cancer services. The main acute facility is Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, serving over 330,000 people. As a tertiary cancer centre, the Royal Surrey Cancer Centre serves up to 2 million people across south east England. The trust also operates community hospitals at Haslemere, Milford, and Cranleigh, providing outpatient and minor injury services. Digital services include the MyCare patient portal for health record access and appointment management, and a Virtual Ward for remote patient monitoring at home.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Royal Surrey Cancer Centre: The Trust's dedicated cancer centre offering rapid diagnosis, advanced treatments, and cutting-edge research for more than 8,000 patients each year across the south east of England.
• Royal Surrey Maternity
• NIHR Royal Surrey Clinical Research Facility
• MyCare Patient Portal

Products and services

• Royal Surrey County Hospital

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves over 8,000 cancer patients each year across the south east of England
• +4 more outcomes

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Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MedeferminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022The 'Talk Prostate' partnership between NHS Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance and Medefer targets 12,000 men across Surrey & Sussex for prostate cancer screening via urine and PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancers earlier without adding to GP workload.
• Procare CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust partners with Procare Community to provide adult community services and care to patients in the community. Services include district nursing, podiatry, rehabilitation beds, therapists, and Minor Injuries Unit at Haslemere Hospital, operating across Haslemere Hospital, Milford Hospital, Cranleigh Hospital, Jarvis Centre and Beacon Centre.
• Surrey & Sussex Cancer AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyal Surrey hosts the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance (SSCA) on behalf of NHS England Cancer Programme. SSCA is one of 19 Cancer Alliances across England. Members include Surrey Heartlands Health & Care Partnership ICS, Frimley Health ICS, Sussex Health & Care Partnership, and all eight acute and specialist Trusts in Surrey and Sussex.
• Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBSPS is a joint venture of Pathology Services between Frimley Health, Royal Berkshire, Royal Surrey, Ashford and St Peters, and Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Foundation Trusts. The trust's laboratory processes patient samples, with specialised tests forwarded to partner laboratories.
• Ashford St Peter's NHS Foundation TrustcoreTechnology or IntegrationRoyal Surrey and Ashford St Peter's NHS Foundation Trusts have implemented a joint electronic patient record known as Millennium (Oracle), replacing separate patient administration systems. This provides a shared record with clinicians accessing patient information on a 'need to know' basis.
• Mole Valley Borough Council / Mole Valley LifeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe trust collaborates with Mole Valley Borough Council/Mole Valley Life to provide a post-discharge welfare telephone check-in service for Guildford & Waverley patients over 50 years old who have been inpatients for over two nights.
• NHS Surrey & Sussex ICBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Virtual Ward for Royal Surrey is managed by Surrey Heartlands ICB. The ICB governs the trust's operational activities within the local health system.
• A2DominionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA2Dominion offers key worker housing for staff at Royal Surrey County Hospital. Accommodation is located onsite and includes single rooms, one-bedroom flats, and two and three-bedroom houses. Managed by A2Dominion, contact via [email protected].

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Barts Health NHS Trust: Large multi-site London acute trust with cancer services, illustrating the broader incumbent landscape that competes for tertiary volumes and clinical talent across the south east of England.
• King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: South London academic trust with comprehensive cancer services, providing a broader teaching hospital alternative for tertiary patients in the south east catchment.
• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: Major London academic Foundation Trust with a large comprehensive cancer centre that competes for south east tertiary referrals and offers a wider research and quaternary care portfolio than Royal Surrey.
• University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: London academic centre with strong cancer and research credentials, attracting tertiary referrals that could otherwise flow to regional centres like Royal Surrey.

Direct peers

• Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust: Adjacent Thames Valley acute Foundation Trust of similar scale and a pathology joint venture partner, serving a comparable catchment with shared tertiary and community service characteristics.
• Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Royal Surrey's joint Millennium (Oracle) EPR partner and a neighbouring Surrey acute trust with overlapping community services, making it the closest operational and digital-integration peer.
• The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: The UK's premier specialist cancer hospital; competes with Royal Surrey for tertiary oncology referrals and research prestige, particularly across south east England.
• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Frimley Health is a comparable NHS Foundation Trust operating multiple acute and community hospital sites across Surrey/Hampshire and is a member of the Surrey & Sussex Cancer Alliance that Royal Surrey hosts, with similar scale and tertiary ambitions.
• The Christie NHS Foundation Trust: One of the largest single-site cancer centres in Europe, providing a benchmark for tertiary oncology scale, clinical trials activity and research intensity that Royal Surrey's Cancer Centre is building toward.
• Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: Co-member of Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services and a fellow Surrey/Sussex acute provider with overlapping pathology and secondary care services, including cancer alliance participation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RoyalSurrey
• Facebookfacebook.com/royalsurreynhs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rsch
• Instagraminstagram.com/royalsurreycountyhospital

Compliance7 records

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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