Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
TypeNHS hospital trust
EstablishedApril 1998 (1998-04)
HeadquartersLeeds, West Yorkshire, England
Region servedLeeds
Hospitals
ChairDame Linda Pollard
Chief executiveProfessor Phil Wood
Staff18,000
Websitewww.leedsth.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

View of St James's Hospital at night

The Trust was formed in April 1998 after the merger of two previous smaller NHS trusts to form one citywide organisation. The former trusts were United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (based at Leeds General Infirmary) and St James's & Seacroft University Hospitals NHS Trust (based at St James's University Hospital).

The Trust has an overall income of around £1.8 billion and provides local and specialist services for the immediate population of 770,000 and regional specialist care for up to 5.4 million people.[1]

The Trust is rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission.[2]

  1. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). NHS Improvement.
  2. ^ "Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust rated Good after follow up inspection by CQC | Care Quality Commission". www.cqc.org.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2020.