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(A) “West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is a highly successful, award-winning trust providing hospital and community services to a population of around 280,000 people who live in west Suffolk.”

(B) “St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.”

(C) Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top ranked and top performing hospital trusts in the UK. We employ more than 6,000 staff over our two main hospital sites, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and across 12 community-based clinics within North West London.

(D) The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is a “charity working to make life fully inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus. We campaign for an inclusive society, connect people to practical advice, and pioneer new treatments for hearing loss and tinnitus.”

(E) “The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust. Stretching across North, East and Mid Devon including Torridge and Exeter, our workforce of over 17,000 staff serves a population of almost one million people, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.” 

(F) ENTUK.org: “ENT UK is the professional membership body representing ear, nose and throat surgery and head, neck and thyroid surgery in the UK.” Its members include over 2300 ENT health professionals. Their patient information leaflets linked above are written and reviewed by named specialist consultant ENT surgeons.

(G) “University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust provides services to some 1.9 million people living in Southampton and south Hampshire, plus specialist services such as neurosciences, cardiac services and children’s intensive care to more than 3.7 million people in central southern England and the Channel Islands.”

(H) “NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde provides strategic leadership and performance management for the entire local NHS system in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area and ensures that services are delivered effectively and efficiently. NHSGGC serves a population of 1.2 million and employs 44,000 staff – it is the largest NHS organisation in Scotland and one of the largest in the UK.”

(I) “Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for west Berkshire. With six sites, the Trust employs approximately 5,500 staff and serves a population of around 1,000,000 people.”