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Gavin78 · 04-04-2018, 13:07

Leeds teaching hospitals it currently going through some changes. For those that don't live in Leeds we currently have 3 local hospitals the 2 main ones being St James's (Jimmys) about 2 miles or so on the outskirts of the city centre which is a pretty big hospital and then in the centre its self is the Leeds general infirmary (LGI) which is just as big as jimmys about 6 miles from the 2 others is Seacroft Hospital which has more or less been knocked down for housing and has no A&E facilities and is mainly being used as a small outpatients now as there is no inpatient facilities anymore.

I work there which has a 46 bedded renal unit biggest in the UK covering 92 patients a day over 2 areas on the site there is also a big IVF day unit on site and prosthetic as well as a blood bank storage facility.

The land at Seacroft is no longer owned by the NHS and the remaining buildings that are active are on loan from the land owners (5 year lease I think). 2 years ago they put the Leeds Renal services out for tender. this covers a large area as well with smaller satellite units around Leeds that cover around 24/28 patients a day (Pontefract, Huddersfield, Halifax, Dewsbury and Beeston) Not inc St James's renal unit as that would be staying they said were breaking even on cost for the Renal Services £25m a year and felt that a private company could better manage it.

However after some debate and little info to us minion staff nobody wanted it and we are currently in Limbo once the Lease on the land runs out in about 2/3 years.

We later found out by the trust saving that 25m it would give them Foundation status needed to control their own finances.

Just recently though I our local MP has got onboard because they are now going to privatise the facilitates services instead (porters, housekeepers etc) this will give them the Foundation Status they need.

However the Unions are onboard because they said once any Trust gets that Status then it means they dont need to go to central Gov to ask permission to make changes in their own trusts areas so they can basically sell off what they want and change what they want to manage their own Money.

The Gov seem to think Hospitals can better manage services this way when in control of their own finances as long as they can maintain the targets set for Foundation status. but my local union rep says this is a really bad idea and can mean big changes for us all.

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Gavin78 Ice Cold Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Leeds, Seacroft Age: 46 Services: XL TV M Phone 200MB BB Posts: 1,552	Re: Crisis in the NHS Leeds teaching hospitals it currently going through some changes. For those that don't live in Leeds we currently have 3 local hospitals the 2 main ones being St James's (Jimmys) about 2 miles or so on the outskirts of the city centre which is a pretty big hospital and then in the centre its self is the Leeds general infirmary (LGI) which is just as big as jimmys about 6 miles from the 2 others is Seacroft Hospital which has more or less been knocked down for housing and has no A&E facilities and is mainly being used as a small outpatients now as there is no inpatient facilities anymore. I work there which has a 46 bedded renal unit biggest in the UK covering 92 patients a day over 2 areas on the site there is also a big IVF day unit on site and prosthetic as well as a blood bank storage facility. The land at Seacroft is no longer owned by the NHS and the remaining buildings that are active are on loan from the land owners (5 year lease I think). 2 years ago they put the Leeds Renal services out for tender. this covers a large area as well with smaller satellite units around Leeds that cover around 24/28 patients a day (Pontefract, Huddersfield, Halifax, Dewsbury and Beeston) Not inc St James's renal unit as that would be staying they said were breaking even on cost for the Renal Services £25m a year and felt that a private company could better manage it. However after some debate and little info to us minion staff nobody wanted it and we are currently in Limbo once the Lease on the land runs out in about 2/3 years. We later found out by the trust saving that 25m it would give them Foundation status needed to control their own finances. Just recently though I our local MP has got onboard because they are now going to privatise the facilitates services instead (porters, housekeepers etc) this will give them the Foundation Status they need. However the Unions are onboard because they said once any Trust gets that Status then it means they dont need to go to central Gov to ask permission to make changes in their own trusts areas so they can basically sell off what they want and change what they want to manage their own Money. The Gov seem to think Hospitals can better manage services this way when in control of their own finances as long as they can maintain the targets set for Foundation status. but my local union rep says this is a really bad idea and can mean big changes for us all.