When we became one of the country’s first foundation trusts in April 2004 the RD&E reaffirmed its reputation as a leading acute hospital trust. We were also building upon a tradition of providing quality healthcare services for local people that goes back over 250 years.

The RD&E provides acute hospital services to around 350,000 people in Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon, and offers specialist services such as cancer care, plastic and reconstructive surgery, orthopaedic surgery, paediatric care and renal services to people living further afield in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Dorset and Somerset.