About us
"The National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA) put us in the top 5% of all NHS trusts in its assessment of organisational, clinical and health & safety risks. As a result, our patients and staff can have confidence in the services we provide."
"UHSM is the only Trust in the region to improve its waiting times over the past year. We treated 89.5% of our patients within 18 weeks, compared with 82% last February, whereas every other Trust has seen their percentages fall. Reduced waiting times help to sustain a better quality of life for patients, and the efforts of our staff are paying dividends."
“Our Trust is recognised as a centre of excellence for research and development, and is proud to be a founding member of MAHSC (Manchester Academic Health Science Centre). Major research programmes focus on clinical and academic strengths in cancer, lung disease, cardiovascular, wound management and medical education."
Julian Hartley
Chief Executive
UHSM is a major acute teaching hospital trust providing services for adults and children at Wythenshawe Hospital and Withington Community Hospital, and community services that were formerly operated by Manchester Primary Care Trust. We are recognised as a centre of clinical excellence and provide district general hospital services and specialist tertiary services to our local community.
Our fields of specialist expertise - including cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, respiratory conditions, burns and plastics, cancer and breast care services – not only service the people of South Manchester, but help patients from across the North West and beyond. We are also recognised in the region and nationally for the quality of our teaching, research and development. Our major research programmes focus on cancer, lung disease, wound management and medical education.
UHSM has approximately 5,800 members of staff, including those employed by our Private Finance Initiative partner South Manchester Healthcare Limited. We also have 530 valued volunteers, who give up their free time to help our patients and visitors.
In recent years the Trust has consistently demonstrated sound financial management, and generated annual revenue surpluses on our income that are re-invested in our services.
To see more details about the Trust, and for a list of documents such as the Annual Report and the Organisational Chart, please click here.