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Tasneema JANAM
3rd April 2026
1 min read

Leeds Hospitals Launch One-Stop Pregnancy App for South Asian Families

A new one-stop pregnancy app designed for South Asian women and families has been launched by Leeds hospitals’ maternity team. The free JANAM App features a range of information videos in seven different languages – English, Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and Tamil. Pregnant women and professionals helped to design the app and the…
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Leeds Age Friendly Steering Group
27th March 2026
4 mins read

Helping make Leeds Hospitals Age and Dementia friendly

David and Robert are looking for a department at St James’s Hospital – not because they have an appointment, but because they want to know how easy it is to find. As part of the Leeds Age Friendly Steering Group, they’ve been tasked with assessing route finding and signage at the hospital to see…
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Leeds Hospitals Charity shop in Morley
20th March 2026
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Leeds Hospitals Charity opens Morley shop with a purpose

Leeds Hospitals Charity continues to make a profound difference to the lives of patients, families and NHS staff across the region, funding projects that go beyond standard hospital care and helping to create a more compassionate healthcare experience. Working alongside Leeds Teaching Hospitals, the charity raises money to support life-saving equipment, pioneering research, improved…
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Nada and Anna from Leeds Baby Bank
20th March 2026
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New Midwife-Led Drop-In Session Launched for Leeds Families

Families who are pregnant or have recently had a baby are being invited to a new drop-in session led by midwives. Meet the Midwives is a new support service running every Monday, 10am to 12 noon, at Leeds Baby Bank Hub in Armley. Midwives from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will be on hand…
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Consultant Gynaecologists Mr James Tibbott and Miss Dorota Hardy, marking the accreditation of the Leeds Centre for Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain.
13th March 2026
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Leeds Centre for Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain gains national accreditation

Endometriosis patients in Leeds can now benefit from a fully accredited British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) Endometriosis Centre. The team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been given the accreditation in recognition of its high standards of care, clinical expertise, patient-centred approach, and commitment to ongoing research and innovation. The award comes…
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Richard Maltby (centre) and Prof Toogood (first on the right) with colleagues accepting a fundraising donation.
20th February 2026
3 mins read

Surgeon packs up his scalpel after thousands of operations

After carrying out thousands of operations and hundreds of liver transplants, Professor Giles Toogood, Consultant Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has performed his final surgery. Professor Giles Toogood has been serving the NHS for 40 years and has been a consultant at Leeds since 1998. In that time, he has carried out…
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Medical Breakthroughs
7th June 2025
3 mins read

Leeds Podcast Shares the Human Stories Behind Groundbreaking Medical Research

Medical Breakthroughs: The Research Journey is a compelling new podcast from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), shining a light on the powerful, often emotional stories behind some of the UK’s most significant medical advances. Launching on Wednesday 11 June 2025, the series explores how research transforms lives — told through the voices of…
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
7th March 2025
4 mins read

City Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Innovation and Growth

Following the government’s announcement of delays in the development of the new hospital at Leeds General Infirmary, key city leaders: including those from Leeds City Council, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — have reiterated their steadfast commitment to fostering innovation and…
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Leeds Health and Housing Programme
15th November 2024
3 mins read

Progress Update on Leeds’s Health and Housing Programme

Leeds continues to make strides in its innovative Health and Housing Programme, aimed at boosting public health through improvements in housing conditions. This programme, integral to addressing health disparities in the city, has made notable progress in various initiatives over the past year. One of the standout projects within the programme is the weatherproofing…
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5th April 2024
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£20million economic boost to West Yorkshire predicted as Yorkshire prepares to welcome 12,000 property, construction and government leaders at UKREiiF

UKREiiF is a forum for unlocking investment and driving regeneration and development across the UK to accelerate economic growth. Yorkshire is steadily preparing for the arrival of UKREiiF – ‘The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum’ in May, as event organisers confirm over 12,000 official event delegates are expected to be in attendance…
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Innovation Village Leeds’ Innovation Arc
8th March 2024
3 mins read

Statement on Convention of the North

The Leader of Leeds City Council and Leeds Innovation Partnership comment on announcements at the Convention of the North. Following a wide range of announcements by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove MP at today’s Convention of the North and subject to next week’s budget, the Leader of…
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Leeds Halloween Children’s Toddle
29th September 2023
3 mins read

Third annual Halloween fundraising Toddle hopes to raise thousands to help make hospital brighter for young patients at Leeds Children’s Hospital

Leeds Hospitals Charity are excited to announce the return of their Halloween Children’s Toddle. Since the Toddle launched in 2021 it has been a huge fundraising success, with over £60,000 raised for Leeds Children’s Hospital. The third annual Toddle will take place on Saturday 28th October at Roundhay Park in Leeds. This year, the…
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
16th June 2023
4 mins read

Charity-funded £2.4m MRI Simulator set to revolutionise radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients in Yorkshire

Staff at Leeds Cancer Centre are celebrating the official opening of a new MRI Simulator which will revolutionise radiotherapy treatment at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2017, Leeds Hospitals Charity launched a £2.4 million pounds ‘MR Sim’ fundraising appeal to purchase the state-of-the-art machine. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Leeds,…
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CHORAL 'Children’s Health Outcomes Research at Leeds' Research Centre
10th March 2023
3 mins read

Leeds Children’s Hospital and University of Leeds launch £5 million research centre supported by charity funding to improve outcomes for poorly children across the UK

Leeds Children’s Hospital and the University of Leeds are delighted to announce the launch of the CHORAL ‘Children’s Health Outcomes Research at Leeds’ Research Centre. This £5 million research partnership, delivered over five years, will be the biggest children’s research programme ever undertaken by the hospital. The brand-new CHORAL Research Centre has been made…
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