The service covers both acute conditions (at Leeds General Infirmary) and chronic conditions/elective services (mainly at Chapel Allerton Hospital).
We care for both adults and children.
Our trauma and orthopaedic clinicians receive referrals at local, regional and supra-regional levels. The services are managed by the Trauma and Related Services (TRS) Clinical Service Unit (CSU) which includes the following departments:
- general trauma and orthopaedics
- major trauma service
- paediatric orthopaedics
- plastic surgical
- vascular surgical
All possible trauma and orthopaedic subspecialties are within the expertise of our clinicians including:
- pelvic and acetabular reconstruction
- hips and knees
- soft tissue knee reconstruction
- complex limb reconstruction
- foot and ankle
- hand and wrist
- shoulder and elbow,
- bone-related and implant-related infections
The Major Trauma Service is led by a group of trauma and orthopaedic senior clinicians that work in teams together with a group of our vascular vurgeons (covering the role of resuscitative surgery for major trauma) and with our plastic surgeons (covering acute and chronic orthoplastic cases).
Chronic and acute spinal conditions are covered by a separate group of clinicians that belong to a different CSU (neurosciences). Oncology-related patients are referred to the Birmingham oncology department.