NHS Organisations' engagement
77% of NHS anaesthetic departments in the UK are registered with ACSA and are at various stages of the ACSA process. The map below shows the level of engagement across the UK.

Accredited Departments
Trust/Board |
Accredited |
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2014 & 2018 |
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Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust |
2015 & 2019 |
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust |
2015 & 2019 |
2015 & 2020 |
|
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
2015 & 2020 |
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust |
2016 & 2020 |
2016 & 2021 |
|
2016 & 2021 |
|
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust |
2016 & 2023 |
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery |
2016 & 2022 |
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust |
2016 & 2022 |
York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (York Hospital) |
2017 & 2023 |
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust** (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, St Mary's Hospital and Trafford General Hospital) |
2017 & 2022 |
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust |
2017 & 2023 |
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust |
2017 & 2022 |
2017 & 2023 |
|
2018 & 2022 |
|
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
2018 & 2023 |
2018 |
|
2018 & 2023 |
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2018 & 2023 |
|
2018 |
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2018 |
|
2018 |
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NHS Lothian: St John's Hospital |
2018 |
2019 |
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
2019 |
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust |
2019 |
2019 |
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2019 & 2023 |
|
2020 | |
2020 | |
2020 | |
2020 | |
2020 | |
Royal United Hospitals Bath | 2021 |
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor | 2021 |
Oldham Care Organisation, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group | 2021 |
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 2021 |
Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Wythenshawe Hospital and Withington Community Hospital) | 2021 |
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | 2021 |
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | 2021 |
Birmingham Children's Hospital | 2022 |
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Trust | 2022 |
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust | 2023 |
Medway NHS Foundation Trust | 2023 |
York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Scarborough & Bridlington Hospitals) | 2023 |
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 2023 |
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust | 2023 |
Once awarded, continued accreditation will depend upon annual compliance submissions which must be accepted by the ACSA Committee. The accreditation cycle lasts 4 years after which point the cycle starts again with an onsite visit.
*Homerton Hospital was the first of all the departments in the United Kingdom to have achieved accreditation in 2014 and was reaccredited in 2018.
**Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) was formed on 1st October 2017 following the merger of Central Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM). This ACSA accreditation pertains only to sites originally under CMFT.