Leeds General Infirmary

Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Old George Street Entrance
Leeds General Infirmary is located in West Yorkshire
Leeds General Infirmary
Shown in West Yorkshire
Geography
LocationLeeds, West Yorkshire, England
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityLeeds School of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentYes, and Major Trauma Centre
Beds1103
History
Opened1771 (current site opened 1869)
Links
Websitehttp://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/our-hospitals/leeds-general-infirmary/
ListsHospitals in England

Leeds General Infirmary, also known as the LGI, is a large teaching hospital based in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Its previous name The General Infirmary at Leeds is still sometimes used.[1][2]

The LGI is a specialist centre for a number of services, including the regional Major Trauma Centre and hand transplants. It also provides many general acute services like A&E, intensive care and high dependency units, maternity and state-of-the-art operating theatres. A helipad on the roof of the Jubilee Wing gives direct access to the hospital for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Two new hospitals are planned on the site. One will be a maternity unit with capacity to deliver up to 10,500 babies a year. Completion is planned between 2026-2028. It will remove the need to transfer expectant mothers between St James’s Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary.[3]

  1. ^ "School of Radiology". NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Postgraduate Deanery. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2012. Radiology in The General Infirmary at Leeds (LGI)
  2. ^ "Hospital Records Database". The National Archives. Retrieved 9 October 2012. Lists the name as "The General Infirmary at Leeds" for 1943-1974 and 1983-c.1990.
  3. ^ "New maternity centre will be the largest in the UK". Building Better Healthcare. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.