Lists this hospital appears on
- Position as printed21 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: United Kingdom (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista scored hospitals within each country on hospital quality metrics (40 per cent), peer recommendations from an online survey of medical experts (30 per cent national, 5 per cent international), patient experience data (18.5 per cent) and its PROMs Implementation Survey (6.5 per cent), and lists specialised hospitals separately without a rank.
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About the hospital
Manchester Royal Infirmary is on Oxford Road in Manchester and is part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), which was formed on 1 October 2017 and runs ten hospitals across seven sites. The hospital’s website says it has 770 beds, treats around 750,000 patients a year and sees about 160,000 Emergency Department attendances a year. It works with the University of Manchester’s Medical School as a research and teaching hospital.
The hospital hosts a Major Trauma Centre and, according to its website, is a regional and national centre for kidney and pancreas transplants, haematology, vascular surgery, liver and pancreas surgery, rheumatology and HIV care. It was founded in 1752 with 12 beds in a converted house in Garden Street and moved to Oxford Road in 1909. The current building replaced the former infirmary, now Cobbett House and the trust’s headquarters, in 2009.
Facts
- Beds
- 770 beds (hospital website, 2026; also stated by the trust in October 2022)
- Opened
- 1752 (founded)
- Address
- Oxford Road, Manchester
- Teaching affiliation
- University of Manchester Medical School
- Trust formed
- 1 October 2017
- Trust staff
- Over 28,000 (MFT, 2026)
- Critical care project
- GBP 25 million redevelopment of critical care facilities for 52 bed spaces, as described on the hospital website (undated)
Questions readers ask
Who runs Manchester Royal Infirmary?
Manchester Royal Infirmary is part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), which was formed on 1 October 2017 and runs ten hospitals across seven sites.
How many beds does Manchester Royal Infirmary have?
The hospital's website says Manchester Royal Infirmary has 770 beds, a figure the trust also gave in October 2022.
Where is Manchester Royal Infirmary?
Manchester Royal Infirmary is on Oxford Road in Manchester.
Sources
Facts are taken from the pages listed below, and list positions from each publisher’s own list. Profile last checked 17 October 2026.
- About, Manchester Royal Infirmary (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust)
- Manchester Royal Infirmary home page (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust)
- Manchester Royal Infirmary celebrates 270 years of healthcare excellence, MFT News (23 October 2022)
- Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: United Kingdom
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