The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded a £3.7 million government grant to modernise parts of its estate and reduce carbon emissions. The award was announced in early February 2026 (NUH published details on 5 February 2026) and targets improvements at the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and Nottingham City Hospital, which serve Carlton and the wider Nottinghamshire community.
The funding comes via recent government decarbonisation programmes and is being delivered by Salix Finance. For this specific £3.7m award the Trust has said the money will fund upgrades such as improvements to the building management system at QMC and the replacement of lighting on the City Hospital campus with more energy-efficient LED fittings. Earlier, larger rounds of PSDS funding to NUH have supported measures including heat pumps, window replacements and other fabric and plant upgrades.
For people in Carlton who travel to the hospitals, local public transport links — including the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) tram stop at QMC and Medilink and other local bus services that connect to both QMC and City Hospital — provide frequent connections. Trust leaders have also emphasised that while NUH has faced financial pressures in recent years, this funding is capital, ring‑fenced for estate decarbonisation and energy-efficiency works expected to lower long-term energy bills and reduce the hospitals’ environmental impact.
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