Professor Phil Wood, Chief Executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said:
“We are extremely disappointed to hear that we will be unable to start construction on the new hospital at Leeds General Infirmary until at least 2030. We have been waiting since 2019 to build this new hospital for our patients, staff and communities in Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond. We will continue to work with the New Hospital Programme, to understand the detail of this announcement and what this means for our plans. We also need to understand the impact this delay will have on our hospital services and our ageing estate, which has one of the highest backlog maintenance requirements in the NHS.”
“For some time now, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has had advanced and well-developed plans for a new hospital at Leeds General Infirmary. We have a cleared construction site, made considerable progress with our preparatory works and have been working towards securing more detailed planning consent, following the outline planning consent which was secured in 2020.”
Notes to editors
The Trust plans to bring a new state-of-the-art hospital to Leeds General Infirmary include a new home for Leeds Children’s Hospital, a new adults’ hospital and one of the largest, single-site maternity centres in the country. It would transform healthcare for our patients, staff and communities across Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond and will have far-reaching benefits by creating an Innovation Village, which will deliver the latest technology to patients’ bedside and bring a huge economic boost to the region.