Updated 16 October 2019
Royal Papworth Hospital is the UK’s largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and the country’s main heart and lung transplant centre. The hospital offers a range of services for outpatients and inpatients, including cardiac, thoracic, transplant, radiology and pathology services.
Royal Papworth Hospital is a regional centre for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiothoracic disease, it is also a national centre for a range of specialist services including pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), heart and lung transplant and extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Royal Papworth Hospital has the largest respiratory support and sleep centre (RSSC) in the UK.
The hospital is a purpose-built hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and treats more than 100,000 patients each year from across the UK.
(Source: Trust Website / Acute RPIR – Context acute tab)
The trust has 244 inpatient beds, physical capacity for 46 critical care beds and employs approximately 1,770.53 whole time equivalent staff.
Between March 2018 and February 2019, the trust saw:
- 20,727 inpatient admissions
- 107,402 outpatient appointments
- 168 deaths
(Source: Trust Website / Acute RPIR – Context acute tab)