Plans submitted for new Leeds hospitals

Plans have been lodged for two new hospitals at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI).Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has submitted its outline planning application for the development to Leeds City Council.The proposals include construction of a new adults’ hospital, with theatres for day case procedures and added critical care facilities, and a new Leeds Children’s Hospital, purpose-built for the needs of children and young people.The council’s planning department will now consider the application and the trust will continue its planning process, which involves submitting an Outline Business Case for the development. This will then be subject to the appropriate NHS review and approvals process.The plans include the demolition of the Old Nurses’ Home at the LGI, an empty building that is no longer fit for modern healthcare. Other parts of the old estate at the LGI could be offered for redevelopment as part of the longer-term ambition for the Innovation District.