- Queen's Medical Centre
Infobox Hospital
Name = Queen's Medical Centre
Org/Group = Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Caption = A welcome sign at the entrance
Location =
Region = Nottingham
State = England
Country = UK
HealthCare = NHS
Type = Teaching
Standards =
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation=University of Nottingham
Beds = 1300
Speciality = None
Founded = 1977
Closed =
Website = http://www.nuh.nhs.uk/
Wiki-Links = |The Queen's Medical Centre (popularly known as QMC or Queen's Med) situated in
Nottingham ,England , is the largesthospital in theUnited Kingdom , and the largest teaching hospital in Europe. It was officially opened by the Queen on28 July 1977 , and admitted its first patient in1978 . It currently has more than 1300 beds and employs more than 6000 people.QMC was the first purpose built teaching hospital in the UK, and consists of the University Hospital of the
University of Nottingham and the University's Medical School.In January 2006 it followed other UK hospitals in implementing a site wide
smoking ban . On 1st April 2006 it merged withNottingham City Hospital to formNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust .ee also
* NHS
*Nottingham
*University of Nottingham
*University of Nottingham Medical School External links
* [http://www.qmc.nhs.uk/ Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust]
* [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/smss/ School of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Nottingham]
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