List of NHS trusts in England


This list of NHS trusts in England provides details of current and former English NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, acute hospital trusts, ambulance trusts, mental health trusts, and the unique Isle of Wight NHS Trust., 217 extant trusts employed about 800,000 of the NHS's 1.2 million staff.
NHS trusts were introduced in 1992, and their number, composition, form and naming has changed over time such that there are perhaps 1,000 distinct trust names in the literature; this list seeks to identify establishment, merger, dissolution and renaming events, and the succession of services from one name or trust to another. Sufficiently distinct names are listed on distinct rows; minimally changed names are listed on a single row. Dates are generally as established in underlying legislation; operational start and end dates may differ. Former trusts are listed below the current trusts.
This list excludes community health trusts established under the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 and their successors, primary care trusts, for which see the list of primary care trusts in England. All such trusts were abolished on 31 March 2013.
All trusts are supervised by NHS England.

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  • First Community NHS Trust, established 21 December 1990, was dissolved 1 April 2001, replaced by South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS trust.
  • Forest Healthcare Community NHS Trust merged into North East London NHS Trust in 2000
  • Fosse Health, Leicestershire Community NHS trust merged into Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust in 1998
  • Foundation NHS Trust, Mid Staffordshire, merged into South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2001
  • Freeman Group of Hospitals NHS Trust merged into Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 1998
  • Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust merged into North Bristol NHS Trust in 1999
  • Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust became Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust in October 2014
  • Furness Hospitals NHS Trust merged into Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust in 1998

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  • Lambeth Healthcare NHS Trust merged into South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in 1999
  • Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust merged into North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 2006
  • Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust merged into Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in 2019
  • Lancaster Acute Hospitals NHS Trust merged into Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust in 1998
  • Lancaster Priority Services NHS Trust merged into Bay Community NHS Trust in 1998
  • Leeds Community and Mental Health Services Teaching NHS Trust became Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in 2007
  • Leeds General Infirmary and Associated Hospitals NHS Trust changed its name to United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in 1991
  • Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust changed its name to Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in 2011
  • Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust merged into University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in 1999
  • Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS trust merged into University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in 1999
  • Leicestershire Ambulance and Paramedic Service NHS Trust merged into East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 2006
  • Leicestershire & Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust changed its name to Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in 2002
  • Leicestershire Mental Health Service NHS Trust merged into Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare NHS Trust in 1998
  • Lewisham and Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust merged into South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in 1999
  • Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust merged into Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in 2014
  • Lifecare NHS Trust, established 21 December 1990, dissolved 1 April 1999.
  • Lifespan Cambridge NHS Trust merged into Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership in 2002
  • Lincoln and Louth NHS Trust merged into United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust in 2000
  • Lincoln District Healthcare NHS Trust merged into Lincolnshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 2001
  • Lincoln Hospitals NHS Trust changed its name to Lincoln and Louth NHS Trust in 1996
  • Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport Service NHS Trust merged into East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 2006
  • Lincolnshire Healthcare NHS Trust changed its name to Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust in 2002
  • Liverpool Obstetric and Gynaecology Services NHS trust changed its name to Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Trust in 1994
  • Local Health Partnerships NHS Trust changed its name to Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in 2004
  • Louth and District Healthcare NHS Trust merged into Lincoln and Louth NHS Trust in 1996
  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust acquired Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, forming Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2020

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  • New Possibilities NHS Trust dissolved 2002
  • Newcastle City Health NHS Trust merged into Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS trust in 2001
  • Newcastle Mental Health Trust merged into Newcastle City Health NHS Trust in 1994
  • Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS trust merged into Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust in 2006
  • Newham Community Health Services NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • Newham University Hospital NHS Trust merged with Barts Health NHS Trust 2012
  • NHS Direct NHS Trust was closed in 2014
  • Norfolk Ambulance NHS Trust merged into East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust in 1993
  • Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust merged with Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in 2012 to form Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
  • Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust changed its name to Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in 2004
  • North and East Devon Partnership NHS Trust changed its name to Devon Partnership NHS Trust in 2002
  • North Cheshire Hospitals NHS trust became Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2008
  • North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is now called North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust acquired by Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, becoming North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in October 2019
  • North Downs Community Health NHS Trust merged into Surrey Hampshire Borders NHS Trust in 1998
  • North Durham Acute Hospitals NHS Trust dissolved 1998
  • North Durham Health Care NHS Trust merged into County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust 2002
  • North East Essex Mental Health NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • North East Worcestershire Community HealthCare NHS Trust merged into Worcestershire Community Healthcare NHS Trust 1996
  • North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust merged into Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in 2017
  • North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust became Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust in 2006
  • North Hampshire Loddon Community NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • North Hertfordshire NHS Trust merged into East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in 2000
  • North Kent Healthcare NHS Trust merged into Thames Gateway NHS Trust in 1998
  • North Lakeland Healthcare NHS Trust merged into North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in 2001
  • North Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust merged into Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in 2002, but from 2020 North Manchester General Hospital is managed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  • North Mersey Community NHS Trust dissolved 2002
  • North Sefton & West Lancashire Community NHS Trust merged into Lancashire Care NHS Trust in 2000
  • North Staffordshire Hospital Centre NHS Trust changed its name to North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust in 1993 and again to University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust in 2003
  • North Tees NHS Trust merged into North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust in 1999
  • North Tyneside Health Care NHS Trust merged into Northumbria Health Care National Health Service Trust in 1998
  • North Warwickshire NHS Trust dissolved 2002
  • North West Anglia Healthcare NHS Trust merged into Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership in 2002
  • North West London Hospitals NHS Trust merged into London North West Healthcare NHS Trust in 2014
  • North West London Mental Health NHS Trust merged into Brent, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Mental Health NHS Trust 1998
  • North West Surrey Mental Health National Health Service Partnership Trust merged into Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust in 2005
  • North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust merged into Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 1999
  • Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust dissolved 2002
  • Northampton Community Healthcare NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • Northern Birmingham Community Health NHS Trust merged into Birmingham Specialist Community NHS Trust in 1999
  • Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust merged into Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust in 2003
  • Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust merged with Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust in April 2022 to form Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Northern General Hospital NHS Trust merged into Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2001
  • Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust merged into Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust in 2006
  • Northgate NHS trust merged into Northgate and Prudhoe NHS Trust 1994
  • Northumberland Community Health NHS Trust merged into Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust in 1998
  • Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust merged into Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS trust in 2001
  • Northumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust merged into North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 2006
  • Norwich Community Health Partnership NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • Northwick Park and St. Mark's NHS Trust merged into North West London Hospitals NHS Trust in 1999
  • Northwick Park Hospital NHS Trust was renamed Northwick Park and St. Mark's NHS Trust in 1994
  • Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust merged into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2006
  • Nottingham Community Health NHS Trust
  • Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust dissolved 2001
  • Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust merged into East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust in 2006
  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust became Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in March 2015
  • Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust merged into Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2011

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