Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| NHS hospital trust | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | |
| Employees | 14000 |
| Chair | Linda Pollard |
| Chief Executive | Julian Hartley |
| Links | |
| Website | Leeds Teaching Hospitals |
| Care Quality Commission reports | CQC |
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
The Trust was formed in April 1998 after the merger of two previous smaller NHS trusts to form one city-wide 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).
It provides services for the population of Leeds and surrounding areas, and is a regional centre for a range of services including cancer, neurosurgery, heart surgery, liver and kidney transplantation. It is the largest NHS trust in the United Kingdom (technically NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the largest[1] territorial NHS provider but is not a 'trust'), and employs over 14,000 staff on six main sites.
It runs six hospitals:
- Chapel Allerton Hospital
- Leeds Dental Institute
- Leeds General Infirmary
- St James's University Hospital
- Seacroft Hospital
- Wharfedale Hospital
The Trust has had difficulty gaining Foundation Trust status because of failures to hit key financial and performance targets which caused the Chief Executive Maggie Boyle to resign in June 2013.[2]
In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission.[3]
The Trust was highlighted by NHS England as having 3 of the 148 reported never events in the period from April to September 2013.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Superbug screening for patients". BBC News. 30 August 2009.
- ↑ "Hospitals chief to go after trust misses key targets". Yorkshire Post. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "NHS Trusts put in risk categories - full list". Independent (London). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ "NHS reveals 'never event' figures". Sheffield Star. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.