Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust unveiled the proposals for Leeds General Infirmary (LGI).
The plans include a dedicated Children's Hospital on the Leeds General Infirmary site and proposals have been submitted to Leeds City Council for discussion at a pre-planning application presentation.
The first hospital building, joined to the LGI's Jubilee Wing, will extend health services for adults. Among its facilities will be a new theatre suite dedicated to day case procedures, endoscopy and radiology services and a central Outpatients department supported by key services like pharmacy.
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It will also have more critical care capacity, allowing the LGI to expand its highly specialist services - like major trauma or cardiac care, for example - and to develop further specialist healthcare in the future. These services benefit patients from Leeds, the wider region and in some cases the rest of the UK.
The second hospital building will be the Children's Hospital. For the first time in Leeds, this will bring together staff and services from the current Children’s Hospital in the LGI's Clarendon and Martin wings to deliver health services for children and young people in purpose-built facilities dedicated solely to their needs.
Julian Hartley, Chief Executive, Leeds Teaching Hospitals said: "This is a really exciting development for our hospitals that will be a huge step forward in the way we provide healthcare for patients in Leeds and the wider region.
"By designing hospital buildings from the ground up, we’ll be able to embrace new technologies and innovation to deliver modern, efficient health services that are tailored to our patients’ needs, not just now but in the future."
