About the Group

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn, and the James Paget University Hospital have come together in a group model called the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, however, each of the hospitals will continue to operate under its own name.

The group model  consists of a Group Chair, a Group Chief Executive and a single set of Executive and Non-Executive Directors across the three.

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Each hospital has an Executive Managing Director who is a full member of the Group Board. This means that while complex strategic decisions are taken at a group level for the benefit of all three hospitals and the wider healthcare system, operational decision will continue to be taken at a local level based on what is best for the communities our hospitals serve.

This structure will align our strategic ambitions and give us the streamlined decision-making combined with locally-focused delivery of care that will enable us to enhance experience and outcomes for patients across Norfolk and Waveney. It also gives us the opportunity to:

• Transform health services based on the needs of our patients and communities, particularly focusing on preventative and proactive healthcare for people with long-term conditions and delivering a consistent best practice model of urgent and emergency care with a focus on frailty.
• Build on our combined knowledge, skills and experience to implement safe and sustainable care models, level-up access and outcomes and improve outcomes for people with cancer.
• Take a co-ordinated approach to the development of the two new hospitals in King’s Lynn and Gorleston.
• Work at scale to improve our service resilience, enhance staff development and training, create a University Hospital system that strengthens our potential for research, training and innovation, and realise the benefits of service transformation that can be achieved through estates and digital.
• Tackle underlying financial challenges and take advantage of the negotiation, purchasing and investment power that comes with being part of a group.

For further information on meeting dates and agendas, visit Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group - 

We are part of the wider Integrated Care System which includes health, social care, local authorities and voluntary organisations.

Our vision:

The sustainable provision of the highest quality acute healthcare delivered as locally as possible to patients.

Our objectives:

• Accelerate our ability to act decisively for the benefit of the whole Norfolk and Waveney healthcare system.
• Ensure we make best use of our money and reduce our collective deficit in a responsible manner.
• Enable the sharing of resources and clinical expertise more effectively across three Trusts for the benefit of all patients in Norfolk and Waveney.
• Deliver high-quality safe and sustainable for the entire population of Norfolk and Waveney.