Croydon University Hospital

About

Croydon University Hospital, formerly Mayday Hospital, is a large NHS hospital in Thornton Heath in south London, England run by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. It is a District General Hospital with a 24-hour accident and emergency department. Its facilities include 670 beds, eight operating theatres, a day surgery suite with three theatres, two obstetric theatres and recovery room, and overnight facilities for parents. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is developing an application for Foundation Trust status. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 380,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. Croydon Health Services provide acute and community healthcare services across the borough of Croydon either in patient's own homes or from clinics and specialist centres, including Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital in Purley, which recently underwent an £11 million refurbishment and re-opened in the summer of 2013.

Legal name

Croydon University Hospital

Governance

Board of directors · CEO appointed annually

Employees

3,000

• Trauma centre — Level II
• Stroke: Primary Stroke Centre
• Door-to-balloon: 47 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
• Door-to-needle (stroke): 26 min

Subspecialty centres

Transplant programmes

• Cornea

All departments

• Internal Medicine
• Surgery
• Emergency

Quality metrics

Photos

Patient experience

Room categories

ward · semi-private · private

Meals

standard · halal · kosher · vegan · gluten-free · pediatric

Chaplaincy

Christian · Muslim · Jewish

Private bathroom

private + suite rooms

Wi-Fi

Free in all rooms

• Top hospital — Croydon

  EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025

Services