Facts and figures

A typical day...

...in the life of our hospitals (based on averages):

• We see and treat 1,677 patients across all sites, which includes:
        - day surgery patients: 77
        - inpatients: 233
        - outpatients: 1,014
        - accident and emergency (A&E) patients: 353

• 14 babies are born.

• 2,120 meals are served to inpatients.

• We use 34 pints of blood in our operating theatres.

• A matron walks more than three miles during his/her shift, and a sister walks more than two miles.

• 1,015 customers are served in our re:treat restaurants and Java City coffee shops.

• We spend £28,219 on upgrading our hospitals and equipment.

• We produce 4.8 tons of waste, recycle one ton and spend £974 on waste disposal.

• Our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) team speak to six people about feedback, requests for information, resolution of issues, expressions of gratitude and others.

• Our email servers handle 68,000 emails.

• Our IT team answers 145 phone queries, resulting in 66 technical problems being logged.

• 908 people visit our website and look at 4,195 pages.

Finance

• Our income for the year was £327 million.

• Our turnover was £340 million.

• Our operating expenses were £301 million.

• Our management costs were 4.3% of turnover.

• Our surplus was £12.2 million. 

• Total service improvement savings delivered: £9.6 million.

• Total spent on upgrading hospital facilities and equipment: £10.3 million.

  (All figures are for 2009-10)

Read more about how we manage our finances and how we improve our services

Environment

Every day, the Trust:

• produces 2.7 tons of general/domestic waste; 

• produces 1.9 tons of clinical waste; 

• produces 0.2 tons of confidential waste;

• recycles one ton of waste (cardboard, office paper, wood, metal, toners, plastic bottles and food);

• spends £254 on disposing of general waste;

• spends £720 on disposing of clinical waste.

  (figures based on totals for 2009-10; waste amount figures include Nelson and West Park hospitals)

Read more about the work we are doing to reduce the impact our hospitals have on the environment

Patients

In 2010-11, the Trust treated 767,465 patients, including:

• Inpatients: 57,304

• Day surgery patients: 30,848

• Outpatients: 539,071

• A&E: 140,242
  

In 2009-10, the Trust treated 612,000 patients, including:

• Inpatients: 85,000

• Day surgery patients: 28,000

• Outpatients: 370,000

• A&E patients: 129,000

Infection control

In 2003-04, the Trust recorded 88 cases of MRSA (bacteraemia). By 2009-10, that number had fallen to 31 - a reduction of 65%.

Cases of C. difficile were cut from 268 in 2007-08 to 112 in 2009-10, a reduction of 58%. Prior to 2007-08, infections of C. difficile were recorded in a different way, meaning data prior to this is not comparable.

Read more about how we tackle infection control and our weekly track record

Our staff

Staff by gender 

• Female: 80.4%

• Male: 19.6%

Staff by age

• 18 to 20: 0.07%

• 21 to 25: 4.97%

• 26 to 30: 8.45%

• 31 to 35: 12.33%

• 36 to 40: 13.54%

• 41 to 45: 14.71%

• 46 to 50: 15.64%

• 51 to 55: 13.89%

• 56 to 60: 10.16%

• 61 to 65: 6.21%

• 66 to 70: 0.02%

Staff by ethnic group 

• White (British): 53.56%

• White (Irish): 2.10%

• White (any other): 4.90%

• Mixed (White and Black Caribbean): 0.40%

• Mixed (White and Black African): 0.75%

• Mixed (White and Asian): 0.51%

• Mixed (any other): 0.72%

• Asian or Asian British (Indian): 5.30%

• Asian or Asian British (Pakistani): 0.98%

• Asian or Asian British (Bangladeshi): 0.26%

• Asian or Asian British (any other): 8.13%

• Black or Black British (Caribbean): 2.33%

• Black or Black British (African): 6.84%

• Black or Black British (any other): 0.42%

• Chinese: 1.26%

• Any other ethnic group: 2.92%

• Not stated: 8.62%

Staff diversity  
Members of our staff come from a total of 78 different countries.  

Staff numbers 

• Scientific and technical: 162 (3.4%)

• Additional clinical services: 763 (16%)

• Administrative and clerical: 925 (19.4%)

• Allied health professionals: 95 (2%)

• Estates and ancillary: 143 (3%)

• Healthcare scientists: 134 (2.8%)

• Medical and dental: 624 (13.1%)

• Nursing and midwifery registered: 1,429 (30%)

• Students: 8 (0.2%)

• Total staff: 4,283

• Volunteers: 487 (10.2%)

• Total: 4,770

(All staff figures are a snapshot taken on 30 September 2010. All percentage figures are of the total number of staff and volunteers)

Long NHS service
530 members of staff have more than 20 years of NHS service.

Work experience students

• 2008: 50

• 2009: 107

• 2010: 141

Read more about working for us, equality and diversity, volunteering and work experience

Estate

The Trust has:

• 793 beds for inpatients

• 26 operating theatres (including 5 at the Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC))

• 56 wards (plus three escalation wards)

• 1,325 car parking spaces for staff

• 621 car parking spaces for patients and visitors

• 3,329 computers

• 580 printers

  (Figures are a snapshot taken in July/October 2010)

Read more about our wards

Communications

In 2009-10, the Trust:

• was mentioned in 956 articles in the local, regional and national media;

• dealt with 338 media enquiries;

• issued 176 press releases;

• answered 211 freedom of information requests;

• received 444 formal written complaints.

Read more about the Trust's communications and corporate affairs team, visit our news section or have a look at the freedom of information section.

Research

Number of research studies active during 2009-10:

• non-commercial studies: 119 (including topic-specific studies: cancer - 27; stroke - seven)

• commercial studies: 14

Number of research publications  2008-09: 138

Read more about our research and development projects, including an explanation of the different types of research studies.