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Leeds General Infirmary

NHS hospital Run by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds

Address
Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3EX
Phone
0113 243 3144 (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust switchboard)
Directions
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Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.

Waiting times

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Leeds General Infirmary. At the end of August 2026, half of its 89,330 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 11.0 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 9.6 wks 12.8 wks 1,702
Urology 11.5 wks 12.2 wks 4,084
Orthopaedics 15.6 wks 13.9 wks 6,886
Ear, nose and throat 15.1 wks 15.4 wks 3,264
Ophthalmology (eyes) 8.1 wks 10.4 wks 4,794
Oral surgery 10.7 wks 16.4 wks 2,143
Neurosurgery 11.1 wks 13.4 wks 566
Plastic surgery 14.0 wks 14.0 wks 2,760
Cardiothoracic surgery 7.7 wks 9.6 wks 447
General medicine 1.9 wks 10.2 wks 109
Gastroenterology 7.8 wks 11.0 wks 2,923
Cardiology (heart) 4.9 wks 11.9 wks 3,342
Dermatology (skin) 9.9 wks 10.5 wks 5,704
Respiratory medicine 4.9 wks 10.4 wks 805
Neurology 12.2 wks 13.2 wks 3,067
Rheumatology 13.1 wks 10.9 wks 2,273
Elderly medicine 4.4 wks 7.6 wks 66
Gynaecology 13.8 wks 14.2 wks 10,121
Other medical specialties 9.5 wks 10.7 wks 14,562
Other paediatric specialties 15.0 wks 12.3 wks 10,246
Other surgical specialties 11.2 wks 11.4 wks 8,610
Other services 6.4 wks 8.7 wks 856

More about waiting times at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Leeds General Infirmary: Requires improvement. Published 20 June 2025. Read the CQC report

Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

A&E

In September 2026, 75.7% of the 31,422 people who went to A&E at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year

In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111.

Other NHS hospitals nearby

You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:

HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Pinderfields HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust 8.0 miles 11.7 wks
St Luke's HospitalBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 8.6 miles 11.4 wks
Harrogate District HospitalHarrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 13.4 miles 10.6 wks
Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 14.2 miles 9.6 wks
Barnsley HospitalBarnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 16.9 miles 11.2 wks
Airedale General HospitalAiredale NHS Foundation Trust 18.0 miles 10.4 wks

Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.

Other hospitals run by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust