Cork University Hospital (CUH) (formally Cork Regional Hospital) is the largest university teaching hospital in Ireland and the only Level 1 Trauma centre in the country due to the presence of over 40 different medical and surgical specialties on the campus. In 2014 CUH had 65,000 ED presentations 8,000 births, 210,000 out-patient attendances 48,000 inpatient discharges and 86,000 day cases. CUH h
as 800 beds and currently employs 3,269 (WTE) staff of multiple professions and is the primary teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health and Science in University College Cork. CUH can offer all nursing staff the opportunity of further educational development by funding courses which staff may want to undertake as CUH is closely aligned with University College Cork.
