Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
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{{Infobox Hospital
| Name = Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
| Org/Group = Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Image = NHS NNUH entrance.jpg
| Caption = [[Arthur South]] Day Procedure Unit entrance
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| Location = [[Norwich]]
| Region = Norfolk
| State = England
| Country = UK
| Healthcare = [[NHS]]
| Type = Teaching
| Speciality = Neonatal Intensive Care, Foetal Medicine, Orthopaedics, Cancer, Plastic Surgery, Rheumatology, Ophthalmology, Paediatric Medicine and Surgery
| Emergency = Yes
| Affiliation= [[University of East Anglia]]
| Beds = 987
| Founded = 2001
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| Website = http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/ Trust
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|}}
The '''Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital''' (NNUH) is a [[National Health Service]] academic [[teaching hospital]] located on the [http://www.nrp.org.uk Norwich Research Park] off the [[A11 road]] and the Watton Road (B1108) on the southern outskirts of [[Norwich]], [[England]].
The university hospital replaced the former [[Norfolk and Norwich Hospital]], which was founded in [[1771]], and the West Norwich Hospital. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was built under the controversial [[Private Finance Initiative]] (PFI), and opened in late [[2001]]: it has 987 acute beds and offers a wide range of NHS acute health services plus private patient facilities. It is one of the largest hospitals in the United Kingdom in terms of in-patient capacity. The hospital is part of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
NNUH was the first new [[NHS]] teaching hospital built in England for more than 30 years and the hospital trust is a joint venture partner in the [[University of East Anglia]] School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice.<ref>[http://comm.uea.ac.uk/press/release.asp?id=137 ''A New Era in Medicine'', Univ. of East Anglia]</ref> The hospital is a teaching centre for nurses (adult and children's), midwives, doctors, therapists and operating department practitioners.
==Construction==
On [[January 11]], [[1998]], Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the go-ahead for the construction of a £214 million, 809 bed, new hospital in a broadcast from Tokyo on the BBC's [[Breakfast with Frost]] show. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/politics/46492.stm ''Blair to take welfare message on tour''], BBC News</ref> Site work started the following day ([[January 12]], [[1998]]). The project was the first large PFI hospital scheme in the NHS. In July 2000 approval was given to extend the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital with a second phase that included an additional 144 beds and took the project cost to a reported £229 million. The [[Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust]] pays the private PFI Octagon consortium in the region of £41 million a year <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/docs%5Ctrustdocs%5C96.pdf Private Finance Initiative - Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital]</ref>. In 2004, the [[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants]] assessed the actual costs at £1.16 billion, or around five times the initial cost of £229 million.
Project team:<ref name="cabe">[http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=1195&aspectid=6 CABE]</ref><br />
*[http://www.anshen.com/ Anshen & Allen] (Architect)
*[[John Laing plc]] (Main contractor)
*[[WSP Group]] (Structural Engineer)
*[[Hoare Lea]] (Services Engineer)
*[[Serco]] (Maintenance/support services)
The hospital was completed in August 2001, five months ahead of schedule, and on budget<ref name="cabe" />. The hospital won the Building Better Healthcare Award <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2285230.stm ''Norfolk hospital gets new chief''], BBC News</ref> for Best Designed Hospital in September 2002. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was also highly commended in the [[Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment]] Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award in 2002 <ref>[http://www.betterpublicbuildings.gov.uk/finalists/2002/ Better Public Building Award finalists, 2002]</ref>.
==Controversy==
The controversial [[Private Finance Initiative]] was first introduced to the public sector under the Conservative government of John Major and the contract for NNUH, one of the first PFI hospitals, was signed in 1996. The level of subsequent potential risks and costs borne by the public sector was thought by some critics of the deal to be unacceptably high. In 2006 [[Edward Leigh]], Conservative [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) and chairman of the [[Public Accounts Committee]], appropriated a famous [[Edward Heath]] quote (originally used with reference to Tiny Rowland of Lonhro International<ref>[http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article19914.ece The Independent]</ref>) to describe the Department of Health's approach to a refinancing deal for the NNUH PFI:
"It is hard to escape the conclusion that the public sector staff managing the project were not up to the rough and tumble of negotiating refinancing proposals with the private sector ... The unacceptable face of capitalism."<ref>[http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/05/09/an-easter-egg-hunt/ Monbiot]</ref><br />
The hospital neighbours the constituency of South Norfolk MP [[Richard Bacon (politician)|Richard Bacon]], also a member of the Public Accounts Committee. Mr. Bacon wrote about the financing of the hospital on his website; "The Department of Health would not allow the hospital to include a refinancing clause in the original contract. This meant the hospital had no right to receive any proceeds from the refinancing at all, let alone the 29% share it eventually secured. And that right was only obtained by taking on huge extra potential liabilities."<ref>[http://www.richardbacon.org.uk/parl/norfolkandnorwichpfi.htm Richard Bacon]</ref><br />
In 2006/07, the [[Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust]] projected a savings target of £14.8 million but recorded a surplus of £867,000 by the end of the same financial year.<ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/docs%5Cpublications%5C133.pdf Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital]</ref>. In 2007, the Audit Commission's "Review of the NHS financial year 2006/07" reported that the trust was delivering the best financial management of any NHS Trust in the country<ref>[http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/NATIONAL-REPORT.asp?CategoryID=&ProdID=ED20B05C-C74C-4291-A2A1-2D7BDD43CE3E&fromREPORTSANDDATA=NATIONAL-REPORT Audit Commission]</ref>
In 2006, the Public Accounts Committee released report into the PFI refinancing conducted by the private Octagon Healthcare consortium involved in building the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital of "lining investors' pockets" and putting the trust at increased financial risk. The report noted that the consortium was receiving an over 80 million pound windfall from the deal, and the [[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]] said that the windfall was the third it had uncovered after complaints from MPs and the public<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060503/ai_n16345976 ''Consortium condemned over pounds 100m windfall profit from NHS'', ''The Independent'' newspaper, (London), May 3, 2006]</ref>.
==People and NNUH==
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has been visited by a number of notable people in public life;
- September 1998, Secretary of State for Health [[Frank Dobson]] unveiled a plaque marking foundation work on the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital<ref>Norwich Evening News, p6, September 15, 1998</ref><br />
- September 2001, Health Minister Lord Hunt attended the handover ceremony where the keys to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital were given to the trust by the builders <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=471 Press release]</ref><br />
- May 2002, Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] visited the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and was shown a pioneering [[Radiology]] digital imaging system and visited the [[Coronary Care Unit]]<ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=405 Press release]</ref><br />
- December 2002, food critic and TV presenter [[Loyd Grossman]] visited the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to raise awareness of the importance of good hospital food <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2552113.stm BBC News]</ref><br />
- December 2002, Actor [[Chris Rankin]], who plays [[Percy Weasley]] in the [[Harry Potter]] films, visited the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital’s children’s ward to help spread the hand hygiene message.<ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=424 Press release]</ref><br />
- January 2003, [[Norway]]'s ambassador to the UK, Tarald Brautaset, visited the medical school complex at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in a visit marking links with the county and the Trondheim area of Norway. <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=424 Press release]</ref><br />
- September 2003 National cancer director Professor Mike Richards formally opened the £20 million Colney Centre for Oncology and Haematology patients at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/3078744.stm BBC News]</ref><br />
- February 2004, The Queen formally opened the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, visiting Medicine for the Elderly patients and staff on [[Holt]] ward and meeting staff in the Radiology department<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/3326629.stm BBC News]</ref><br />
- March 2004, President of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] Professor Dame Carol Black visited the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital's pioneering Emergency Assessment Unit <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/News.asp?ID=30 Press release]</ref><br />
- May 2004, Health Minister [[Rosie Winterton]] visited patients and staff in the hospital's Critical Care Complex and Emergency Assessment Unit<ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=38 Press release]</ref><br />
- February 2006, President of the [[Royal College of Radiologists]] Professor Janet Husband formally opened the [[Norwich Radiology Academy]] in the Cotman Centre <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=214 Press release]</ref><br />
- May 2006, the Department of Health's [[Chief Medical Officer]] Sir Liam Donaldson visited the [[Norwich Radiology Academy]] to meet the radiology academy team and trainees <ref>[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/MinistersandDepartmentLeaders/ChiefMedicalOfficer/AboutTheChiefMedicalOfficerCMO/CMOAtLarge/DH_4136575 Department of Health]</ref><br />
- June 2006, Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt visited the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to meet staff and union representatives<br />
- June 2007, Journalist and TV presenter [[Esther Rantzen]] visited the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to promote the use of the [[Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway]] for terminal patients <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/news.asp?ID=344 Press release]</ref><br />
- July 2007, Actors [[Stephen Fry]] and [[Richard Briers]] took part in location filming for the second series of [[Kingdom (TV series)|Kingdom]] ([[ITV]]) on Brundall ward, which was closed at the time for refurbishment, at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital <ref>[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/News.asp?ID=494 Press release]</ref><br />
- November 2007, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], the Most Rev Dr [[Rowan Williams]], visited the hospital's Chaplaincy team and the [[Neonatal Intensive Care Unit]] <ref>[http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED09%20Nov%202007%2022%3A51%3A22%3A920 Eastern Daily Press]</ref><br />
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust website]
*[http://www.cabe.org.uk/ Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment website]
*[http://www.uea.ac.uk University of East Anglia, Norwich website]
*[http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk Healthcare Commission website]
*[http://www.drfoster.co.uk/Guides/ Dr Foster Hospital Guide]
*[http://www.edp24.co.uk/ Eastern Daily Press website]
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