This October, we’re celebrating 10 years of the Glenfield Hospital’s Secret Garden. The popular space for reflection and relaxation has taken root in the hearts of many colleagues, patients and visitors over the past decade. Over the years, the Secret Garden has hosted events, memorials and even the odd celebrity. Carol Klein of Gardeners’ World was so enamoured with a large tobacco plant in the greenhouse that she asked for some of its seeds when she visited. Secret Garden

The Respiratory Physiology Unit at the Glenfield Hospital has been renamed in honour of the late Professor Mike Morgan in recognition of his outstanding contribution to respiratory medicine across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and beyond. The unit was officially renamed The Mike Morgan Respiratory Physiology Unit during a moving ceremony attended by colleagues and members of Professor Morgan’s family, including his wife Clare and their two sons Theo and Charlie. Pro

Staff from across University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) came together today (Thursday 17 September) in the Secret Garden at the Glenfield Hospital to mark National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers. The event, which took place as part of the national awareness day launched by Practitioner Health and Doctors in Distress in 2024, provided an opportunity for colleagues to remember healthcare workers lost to suicide, reflect on the challenges faced by

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated medical care, including older people’s care, at the Glenfield Hospital as Good overall, following an unannounced inspection in March 2026. The service has improved from its previous rating of Requires Improvement, with the key domains of Safe, Caring, Effective and Responsive rated Good, and the service receiving an Outstanding rating for Well-led. The inspection took place on 2 and 3 March 2026 and included visits to seven wards

Drivers visiting Leicestershire hospitals are being warned they could be hit with a fine unless they follow a new parking conditions being introduced from next week. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is introducing a new car parking system at some of our sites from Tuesday 1 September. For anyone attending an appointment, visiting a patient, or accessing one of our services, you will still be able to park free of charge. However, you will face the possibility of fines if

For 20 years, the Hospital Hopper has been helping patients, visitors and colleagues hop between Leicester’s hospitals. Thousands of journeys later, the much-loved service is still going strong. To mark the anniversary of this important bus service, which provides a reliable link between all three hospital sites, UHL colleagues were joined by BBC Radio Leicester this week. Breakfast show host, Ady Dayman, who is the voice of the onboard announcements, chatted to commuters on

A new gamma camera has been installed at the Glenfield Hospital, as part of an ongoing project to improve nuclear medicine services at UHL. The new GE HealthCare Aurora SPECT/CT camera will help doctors to assess the function of their patients’ organs, combining this with a structural scan. It will increase the capacity of UHL’s nuclear medicine service, which currently sees around 5,000 patients annually, adding up to 1,000 more appointments per year. Nuclear medicine is one

A special event has been held at the Glenfield Hospital to thank a volunteer who has supported UHL’s cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) classes for 20 years. Roger Latham has been a consistent presence at classes held at the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine in Loughborough and at the Glenfield Hospital since taking part in a rehab programme himself, in 2006. The cardiac rehab service at UHL supports patients in their recovery from a heart attack, heart surgery or