Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust provides acute hospital services and community services to a population of more than 450,000 people across a wide geographical area which includes North and North East Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and West and East Lindsey in the County of Lincolnshire.

The Trust has three hospitals: Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital. The Trust also delivers community services in North Lincolnshire.

The Trust was established as a combined hospital and community Trust on April 1, 2001, by the merger of North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust and Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust achieved Foundation Trust status on May 1, 2007, and on April 1, 2011, it took over community services in North Lincolnshire under the Transforming Community Services agenda. In 2013 the Trust dropped the word ‘hospitals’ from its name to reflect that it offers a wide range of services out in the community as well as at its three hospitals.

The Trust is currently rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by the CQC.

The Trust has invested significantly in its estate. This includes two new Accident & Emergency (A&E) departments, a £40 million investment in a greener future and an upgrade to our critical infrastructure. It has recently invested heavily in diagnostic capability with new MRI and CT scanners and are putting digital at the forefront of what it does, having recently rolled out electronic prescribing, digital appointment letters and virtual consultations.