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The Queen's Medical Centre is a teaching hospital situated in Nottingham, England. Until February 2012, when it was surpassed by the Royal London Hospital, it was the largest hospital in the United Kingdom, and the largest teaching hospital in Europe.HistoryThe Queen's Medical Centre was the first purpose-built teaching hospital in the UK. It was officially opened by the Queen on 28 July 1977, and admitted its first patient in 1978. On 1 April 2006, the Queen’s Medical Centre NHS Trust, that had previously run the hospital, merged with the Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust to form the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.FacilitiesThe hospital has more than 1300 beds and employs more than 6000 people. It has a busy accident and emergency unit, and is the primary destination of the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, for seriously injured patients. Being part of the University of Nottingham, it can call on the choice of highly qualified doctors in their respective fields. It is the East Midlands' main hospital for acute cases. The QMC site also contains the University of Nottingham Medical and Nursing Schools, Mental Health Wards and the privately run Nottingham Treatment Centre.