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The James Paget is a vibrant university hospital providing care to a population of 250,000 residents across east Norfolk and north-east Suffolk, as well as to the many visitors who come to this part of East Anglia.
Our main site in Gorleston is supported by the Newberry Clinic and other outreach clinics and facilities in the local area.
Ensuring our patients are central to everything we do is our priority.
Our vision is to be an innovative organisation delivering compassionate and safe patient care through a well led and motivated workforce.
Named after the famed surgeon Sir James Paget, who was born in Great Yarmouth in 1814 and was surgeon to Queen Victoria, the hospital officially opened on 21 July 1982.
We were established as a third wave NHS Trust in 1 April 1993 and became the first Foundation Trust in Norfolk and Suffolk on 1 August 2006 – officially becoming known as the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Being a Foundation Trust means we are more able to develop services to meet the needs of our local community with local people and staff directly involved in decisions about their hospitals.
We employ over 4,000 full-time and part-time staff, making us the largest local employer on this part of the east coast, and serve a catchment area which includes Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and villages and smaller towns to the north, south and west of these urban centres.