Leicester Royal Infirmary
About the LRI
Leicester Royal infirmary is a large hospital (approx 1000 in patient beds) that has a central operating department, maternity unit, intensive care unit and satellite areas of anaesthesia provision. The specialist areas have their own consultant on call rotas. The department has approximately 70 consultants and specialists supported by many residents (approx 60) and LEDs: The central operating department has 17 theatres and covers the following surgical specialties – plastics and trauma, max fax and ENT, upper and lower GI, general emergencies including some gynaecology, urgent orthopaedics (includes some spines) and paediatrics. The majority of these are tertiary referral specialties. Satellite areas include 3 ophthalmic theatres, angiography and radiology (including regular MRI GA sessions) theatres, assisted fertility, community dental and paediatric oncology sessions. There are many high-risk outpatient assessment clinics to cover the specialties we serve. The maternity unit is a tertiary centre with a delivery rate that fluctuates from about 6000 to 6500 deliveries per year. We are the East Midlands lead for abnormally adherent placentas (acreta). The Intensive care unit has a direct take from the Emergency Department and has staffing for a dependency of approximately 25 over 28 physical beds. Our ICM consultants also have regular sessions in central operating. The hospital is a level 2 trauma centre and we transfer out major neurosurgery to local centres.
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