Based in the heart of the Black Country, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of hospital and adult community services to the populations of Dudley, significant parts of the Sandwell borough and smaller, but growing, communities in South Staffordshire and Wyre Forest.

Here at The Dudley Group, we consistently prioritise our patients and local population in our efforts and strive to fulfil our vision of providing excellent healthcare and improving health for all.

In a year we

• Deliver over 4000 babies
• See more than 680,000 outpatients
• Treat almost 111,000 patients in our emergency department
• Maintain our 13,000 members

Our team of over 6000 staff operate across multiple sites including:

• Russells Hall Hospital
• Guest Outpatient Centre in Dudley
• Corbett Outpatient Centre in Stourbridge
• Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre
• Stourbridge Health and Social Care Centre

The Trust also provides specialist adult community-based care in patients’ homes and in more than 40 centres in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council community.

In October 2024, the Trust also obtained two GP surgeries following the successful transition of Dudley Integrated Health and Care Partnership; bringing together primary, acute and community services.

Our GP surgeries are:

• Chapel Street Surgery, Lye
• High Oak Surgery, Brierley Hill 

We have much to celebrate and be proud of at The Dudley Group. In recent years significant investments in our theatre space have led to the development of a hybrid theatre and the advent of robotic surgery across several specialties, aligning our hospitals with national peers.

We have also achieved several firsts, including being the first in the country to roll out electronic eye referrals and conducting the UK’s first remote robotic proctoring surgery. We have an award winning paediatric virtual ward and are the first trust to run a complex nutrition virtual ward supporting patients to stay in their own homes with support from the hospital teams.

Our future plans are ambitious. The Trust is working towards achieving University Hospital Status in partnership with Aston University and over the next 12 months, we will also continue to improve our services, including the development and redesign of our Emergency Department resuscitation areas.