A shared vision for the future of care: Our UHN and UHL Group Clinical Strategy 2025 - 2035

We have launched a new Group Clinical Strategy. This is our plan for how the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will work together over the next ten years.

Since 2023, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) have been working together as a formal NHS Group. By working together, we can deliver more consistent, higher-quality care for the people we serve, better support colleagues and tackle shared challenges - improvements neither organisation could achieve alone.

Our Group Clinical Strategy, which is grounded in data, insight and patient voice, has been created through conversations with our clinicians alongside healthcare and wider system partners. It marks a major step forward as we explore the benefits of collaboration between UHL and UHN, setting out how we will transform care for the 1.9 million people we serve across Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire over the next decade and beyond.

The NHS 10 Year Plan

Our strategy is based on the national NHS 10 Year Plan – Fit For The Future. This asks us to:

• Move more care from hospitals into communities
• Focus more on prevention and keeping people well
• Use more digital technology to make care easier and faster

What our strategy means for patients

Over the next decade we will work together to:

• Make all services safe and sustainable
• Support people with long-term conditions to live well at home
• Bring more care into local communities
• Give children the best start in life
• Improve cancer care with faster diagnosis and better treatment
• Reduce waiting times so people are seen sooner

Find out more

UHLUHN_GroupClinicalStrategy82515535-29-Sept.pdf

If you would like to share your views or ask questions, please contact: ngh-tr.communications@nhs.net

About the UHL-UHN Group

The University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group and the University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust and have been working in a formal NHS Group arrangement since 2023. By working together, we can make a bigger impact for people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire.

Our organisations share a Group Chair and Chief Executive, and a number of key posts. As one of the largest Groups in the country, we are responding proactively to shared strategic and day-to-day challenges — rising demand, workforce shortages, financial pressures, and quality variation — and creating a platform for the long-term improvement that neither organisation can fully deliver alone.

UHN-UHL builds on a strong foundation of partnership, including shared clinical posts and joint initiatives on research, education and innovation. By working in this way, we can unlock real benefits for patients – whether using our collective scale to get better value from the goods we buy or sharing learning and expertise to improve care.