The Latest Breaking News from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Great-grandmother gets UK-first cancer treatment on tumour deemed untreatable

Brenda Iveson, 92, was diagnosed with liver cancer in late 2025.

Evening Standard · May 31

Great-grandmother with ‘inoperable’ tumour receives UK-first cancer treatment

Brenda Iveson was initially told conventional cancer therapies would be ineffective against the six-centimetre tumour in her liver

The Independent UK · May 31

Grandfather, 61, receives pioneering UK-first operation to treat brain aneurysm

Andrew Wood had his aneurysm treated via a new technique – keyhole surgery through his eye socket

The Independent UK · May 18

Wes Streeting launches independent inquiry into maternity failures by Leeds hospitals

Families call for Donna Ockenden to head up new independent inquiry into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2025

Revealed: The 14 NHS trusts facing national investigation into their maternity care

Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals among the trusts to be scrutinised in Baroness Amos review

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2025

Report highlights ‘significant concerns’ over hospital maternity services

More than 100 recommendations have been made to improve maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025

Maternity services in Leeds NHS hospitals downgraded by healthcare regulator

Services at Leeds General Infirmary and St James’s University Hospital have dropped from an overall rating of good to inadequate.

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

‘Milestone’ treatment could reshape future leukaemia care

The Flair trial found that 94 per cent of patients who received the two targeted drugs were alive with no disease progression after five years

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2025

UK-first operation removes previously inoperable tumour

Ruvimbo Kaviya had a tumour beneath her brain.

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

Charity ‘very concerned’ after baby deaths ‘may have been prevented’

Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS Trust said the number of neonatal deaths recorded as ‘potentially avoidable’ is very small.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025