The Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around 450,000 people in Bath, and the surrounding towns and villages in North East Somerset and Western Wiltshire.
The Trust occupies a 52-acre site close to from Bath city centre and became a National Health Service Trust in 1992.
The Trust provides 687 beds and a comprehensive range of acute services including medicine and surgery, services for women and children, accident and emergency services, and diagnostic and clinical support services.
The Trust employs around 4,000 staff, some of who also provide outpatient, diagnostic and some day case surgery services at community hospitals in Bradford-on-Avon, Chippenham, Devizes, Frome, Malmesbury, Melksham, Paulton, Shepton Mallet, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury. This fulfils part of the Trust's aim to provide high quality care to people in their local communities.
The hospital provides healthcare to the population served by three primary care trusts (PCTs).
RUH Staff Bulletin - click here to open (PDF document)