The Hospital is one of many local buildings named after Nuneaton-born author George Eliot.

Additionally, many of the hospital's surgical and medical wards are named after characters within George Eliot novels (e.g. Felix Holt, Arbury lodge, Caterina, Adam Bede, Dolly Winthrop).

[4] The George Eliot Hospital Training and Education Centre ('GETEC') opened in July 2005.

[7] In May 2010, the Hospital announced that it was closing two wards, Lydgate and Romola, part of a new series of cost-cutting measures.

[8] The Trust is one of a small number implementing the Lorenzo patient record systems, having accepted a controversial financial support package in 2013.