Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Information

We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country and are the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire. With six sites, we employ around 7,000 staff and serve a population of around 1 million people. We offer services to local residents across Berkshire including: Acute medical services at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading Ophthalmology services at Prince Charles Eye Unit, Windsor Dialysis services in Windsor Day surgery and acute outpatient services at West Berkshire Community Hospital Cancer, renal and outpatient services in Bracknell Outpatient services at Townlands Hospital, Henley. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we were once again rated as one of the best acute trusts to work for in England. Based on the feedback of more than 60% of staff, we are among the top performing nationally for staff experience. In early 2024 our maternity services continued to be rated ‘Good’ by the Care and Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC report praised our maternity services and found passionate and focused staff. In 2024 we became the first NHS trust to receive full GCSA (Global Clinical Site Accreditation) certification due to our world-class research. Across the trust we run more than 200 research studies per year with our commercial research partners, to generate revenue for the trust and lead to pioneering clinical innovations for the benefit of patients in the UK and worldwide. Our CARE values are at the heart of everything we do as a trust: Compassion, Aspirational, Resourceful and Excellence.