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St Edmunds Hospital (part of Circle Health Group)

📍 Bury Saint Edmunds

Private hospital · founded 1925 · university

★ 4.86 · 532 reviews

About

St Edmunds Hospital has 26 beds with all rooms offering the privacy and comfort of en-suite facilities, views of the gardens, TV and high speed Wi-Fi.We have an imaging department and physiotherapy team based at the hospital to ensure that you have the best of care before and after treatment. There are three main theatres, one of which has been installed with lamina flow (clean air filter system). Our third theatre is used for endoscopy and day case procedures.We also have a dedicated day case recovery area in our comfortable conservatory where you can relax after your day case procedure until you are discharged from our care.Room service is provided to all inpatients by our catering team. Our chef creates daily special menus, to ensure that patients have a variety of meals. All dietary needs can be catered for.We have ample car parking spaces around the grounds, with a drop off bay and disabled spaces directly opposite the entrance to the main hospital entrance for your convenience.These facilities combined with the latest in technology and on-site support services; enable our consultants to undertake a wide range of procedures from routine investigations to complex surgery.St Edmunds Hospital attracts over 80 consultants from the local area to practice privately here in Bury St Edmunds. This wealth of specialist expertise is supported by caring and professional staff, with dedicated nursing teams and Resident Medical Officers on duty 24 hours a day, providing care within a friendly and comfortable environment.

Legal name
St Edmunds Hospital (part of Circle Health Group)
Governance
Board of directors · CEO appointed annually
Employees
3,000

Capacity

Total beds 500
ICU 40
NICU 10
PICU 7
OR theatres 16
Delivery rooms 5
ED bays 20
Cath labs 3

Annual volume

Admissions / yr 46,064
Outpatient 250,000
ED visits 40,000
Births 750
Surgeries 12,500

Emergency capabilities

  • Trauma centre — Level I
  • Stroke: Thrombectomy-capable
  • Chest-pain centre certified
  • Door-to-balloon: 65 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
  • Door-to-needle (stroke): 33 min

Subspecialty centres

🎗 Cancer centre: Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Transplant programmes

  • Cornea

Robotic + advanced surgery

  • da Vinci Xi

All departments

  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Emergency

Quality metrics

MetricValueBenchmark
Risk-adjusted 30d mortality 2.16% EU avg 3.0%
HAI rate per 1000 patient-days 1.66 EU avg 1.8
30d readmission rate 14% EU avg 14%
Patient satisfaction (HCAHPS-like) 87% EU avg 76%

Accreditations & certifications

  • 🏅 ISO 9001:2015 · 2024
  • 🏅 JCI International · 2023
  • 🏅 HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 · 2024 · level 6

Research & teaching

  • 23 Residency programs
  • 9 Fellowships
  • 2000 Active trials
  • 1,000 Publications / yr
  • €50M Research funding

University: Local university medical school

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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

International patients

Office
International Patient Services
Languages
EN · DE · AR · RU
Partner hotels
Local 4-star partner

Awards & rankings

  • Top hospital — Bury Saint Edmunds

    EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025

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