About Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Based in the heart of Leeds City Centre, the LGI has been treating patients in Leeds for over 250 years. The current LGI site had been on Great George Street since 1869 and since then has had expansions and new wings added to the site to make it the hospital it is today.

Today the LGI is a designated Level 1 Major Trauma Centre within West Yorkshire and has Helipad based on the top of the Jubilee Wing to receive the most critically ill patients.

For more details on the departments based at this hospital please visit the Leeds General Infirmary Website.  

Leeds Children’s Hospital is also based within the LGI and is one of the UK’s largest specialist children’s hospitals.

A dedicated Children’s A&E is also based with in the LGI for all under 16’s who require emergency treatment.

For more details on the departments based at this hospital please visit the Leeds Children’s Hospital Website.

The Leeds Dental Institute is based within the Worsley Building which is close to the Leeds General Infirmary hospital site.

The first iteration of today’s Dental Institute opened in 1928 and in 1948 following the passing of the NHS Act the institute became a part of the United Leeds Hospitals.

Due to growing patient needs in the 1970’s a new dental school and hospital were planned for the site and The Worsley Building which is still the home of Leeds Dental Institute was opened in 1979.

Today many departments are based in the Dental Institute and the institute also works with dental students to provide hands on experience. For more details on the departments based at this hospital please visit the Leeds Dental Institute Website.

Chapel Allerton Hospital can be found in the Chapel Allerton area of Leeds. The site was first opened in 1927 to care for wounded soldiers from the First World War. The site was opened as a replacement to a military hospital in another area of Leeds.

In 1953, the site became a general hospital, and a new wing was added in 1975 with further additions being added to the site in the 1990’s.

Today the hospital hosts the Complex Rehabilitation unit where patients with a range of conditions are supported by specialist therapy teams.

For more details on the departments based at this hospital please visit the Chapel Allerton Hospital Website

Seacroft Hospital is based on York Road in the Seacroft area of Leeds, and the current site was first opened in 1904 and became an NHS hospital in 1948.

In 2002 the RADU (Receipt and Distribution Unit) opened on the site as a catering unit which provides patient meals to all main hospital sites in Leeds 365 days a year.

In 2024 construction started on the site for the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease and the centre was officially opened on 3rd November 2025.  

Seacroft Hospital is an outpatient hospital and for more details on the departments based at this hospital please visit the Seacroft Hospital Website.

Wharfedale Hospital is based in the Otley area of Leeds. The first hospital on the site opened in 1873 as part of the Wharfedale Union Workhouse and was expanded in 1907.

In 1948 the hospital joined NHS as the Otley County Hospital and was later renamed as Wharfedale General Hospital. In 2005 a new hospital was developed and opened on the site to modernise the facilities.

Wharfedale Hospital has an urgent treatment centre based at the site which is open 365 days a year. For more details on the departments based at this hospital please visit the Wharfedale Hospital Website .