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Leeds General Infirmary

Region: Yorkshire & Humber
Trust: The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Unit: Yorkshire Heart Centre
Services provided: Adult Cardiac Surgery and Congenital Surgery

Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX

About the unit

The Yorkshire Heart Centre at Leeds Infirmary was opened in 1997 following the merger of the Units at Killinbeck Hospital and Leeds Infirmary. It serves 2.5 million adult patients in West Yorkshire and 6 million paediatric patients from Yorkshire and North Trent.  The service offers a comprehensive range of adult cardiac surgery with special interested in major aortic and mitral valve work. The Unit has one of the largest TAVI services in the UK.

Services provided

Adult Cardiac Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery

Rehabilitation and follow up

Patients are seen at 6 weeks and then discharged back to the GP or referring Cardiologist. There is a good communication between the prehabilitation and post operative rehabilitation programmes throughout the districts of West Yorkshire.

Access

Cars can drop off patients or visitors at the main entrances of the Clarendon wing, the Jubilee wing and also at Great George Street. There is a multistorey car park. A freebus serves the Hospital from the City centre, including bus and train stations.

Visiting hours

Intensive Care Unit - 24 hours. Ward 14 - 08.00-20.00

Contact

Tel: 0113 2432799

Trust Website: http://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/  

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Consultants

Quality Assurance Survey

This hospital has been part of the Cardiac Centre Quality Assurance Survey, and its latest individual results are shown below. To view additional national data, see the Cardiac Unit and Outcome Data page in the Professionals section.

This unit has reviewed its outcomes for the last quarter.

Cardiac Audit Status regional and national

Each section has a maximum score of 5

This chart was produced on 31 March 2024.

Congenital Surgery

The congenital heart service encompasses primarily the identification, diagnosis and medical / surgical treatment of congenital heart disease, arrhythmias and acquired heart disease.

It also includes the screening of large numbers of normal children to exclude cardiac problems. The range and interest of the service extends from pre-natal diagnosis to the treatment of congenital heart disease in adults.

Non invasive diagnostic investigations are available in clinics, including electrocardiography, 24 hour ECG tape monitoring, exercise testing, colour Doppler echocardiography together with a full range of radiography, haematology, biochemistry and microbiology services.

Consultants

Outcomes Audits

This hospital has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data:

National Congenital Heart Disease Audit (NCHDA) – 2020 Summary Report (2018/2019 Data)

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