Leeds is set to become home to the largest maternity unit in the UK.
As part of the development of two new hospitals on the Leeds General Infirmary site, there will be the capacity to deliver up to 10,500 babies every year and available care for mothers and their babies from across Yorkshire and the north of England. Keeping families together is a key benefit of the plan and will mean more staff are free to deliver clinical care for patients.
Currently, the teams need to transfer babies the 1.5 miles between sites when they need specialist care, separating families and using up staff time and resources. But now, the goal is for centralising services to bring specialist care and facilities under one roof – currently delivered across two sites at St James’s Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary.
