Leeds General Infirmary
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.
| Leeds General Infirmary | |
|---|---|
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
Old George Street Entrance | |
Shown in West Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire, England |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Leeds School of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes, and Major Trauma Centre |
| Beds | 1103 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1771 (current site opened 1869) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/our-hospitals/leeds-general-infirmary/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
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.