Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK’s largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and the country’s main heart and lung transplant centre. At Royal Papworth Hospital our vision is to be the leading hospital providing excellence in specialist heart and lung patient care, based on research, education and innovation. Our focus is growth, value and effectiveness, with a commitment to the highest levels of clinical quality and providing the best standards of personalised care possible to our patients. We have an extraordinary commitment to delivering the highest levels of clinical quality and providing the best standards of personalised care possible to our patients. We treat over 22,800 inpatient and day cases and 53,400 outpatients each year from across the UK. Our services are internationally recognised and include cardiology, respiratory medicine, and cardiothoracic surgery and transplantation. Whilst Royal Papworth Hospital is a regional centre for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiothoracic disease, it is also a national centre for a range of specialist services, including pulmonary endarterectomy and is one of the first centres in Europe to offer transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Royal Papworth Hospital has the largest respiratory support and sleep centre (RSSC) in the UK.