{"id":710703,"date":"2026-04-12T15:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/?page_id=710703"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:55:30","slug":"leicester-general-hospital-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/our-sites-2\/leicester-general-hospital-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester General Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"138\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-710555 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LRI1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#506c83\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Leicester General Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-tertiary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:8px;padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#facilities\">Facilities<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#training_modules\">Training Modules<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#getting_here\">Getting here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#contacts\">Key contacts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#links\">Links<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color\" id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>LGH is one of the 3 sites of UHL and has 430 beds.<br>We have a total of 20 theatres, 16 in the main building and 2 theatres at the delivery suite and 2 at the EMPCC ( East Midlands Planned Care Centre).<br>We have a wide variety of surgeries ranging from Urology, Robotic urology , General gynae including robotics , Gynae Oncology , elective ortho, variety of day case procedures and general surgery . We are a high volume centre for Robotic prostatectomy and cystectomy.<br>We have specialised Sleep and Pain services at LGH.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color\" id=\"facilities\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">Facilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ea2d2580 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Operating theatres:<\/strong> 20 theatres, including East Midlands Planned Care Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specialist services:<\/strong> Urology, Robotic urology , General gynae including robotics , Gynae Oncology , elective ortho, variety of day case procedures and general surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Obstetrics:<\/strong> busy delivery suite (circa 4,400 births\/year).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consultant body:<\/strong> cross\u2011site department with 41 substantive consultants, 5 associate specialists and 3 specialists.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/LRI3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710557\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:100%;height:220px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color\" id=\"training_modules\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">Training modules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ea2d2580 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General Anaesthesia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Novice training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obstetrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acute and Chronic Pain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elective orthopaedics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gynaecology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color\" id=\"getting_here\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">Getting here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:8px;padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4PW<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>By bus:<\/strong> Multiple services stop at the main entrance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hospital Hopper:<\/strong> Free for journeys from UHL sites (with ID card).  Travels between UHL sites. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Parking:<\/strong> Limited on\u2011site patient\/visitor parking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Google Maps:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/6DQcs4Wpx4N54qL9A\">Open directions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color\"><strong>what3words (main entrance):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/range.ranked.late\">\/\/\/range.ranked.late<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color\" id=\"key_contacts\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">Key contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ea2d2580 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UHL main switchboard:<\/strong> 0300 3031573<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anaesthetic College Tutors:<\/strong> Dr Rupa Jayaraj<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Head of Service:<\/strong> Dr Chris Allsager (Clinical Director) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resident Rota Consultant:<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Anaesthetic Office team:<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trust website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhleicester.nhs.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.uhleicester.nhs.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-foreground-color has-text-color\" id=\"locality\">Work\u2013life and locality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leicester Tigers&#8217; ground<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bradgate Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King power stadium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"links\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhleicester.nhs.uk\/\">University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" data-id=\"710542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate_1.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-id=\"710541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bradgate-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"710540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/abbey_park.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/abbey_park.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/abbey_park-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/abbey_park-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/abbey_park-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction LGH is one of the 3 sites of UHL and has 430 beds.We have a total of 20 theatres, 16 in the main building and 2 theatres at the delivery suite and 2 at the EMPCC ( East Midlands Planned Care Centre).We have a wide variety of surgeries ranging from Urology, Robotic urology , [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":710443,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-710703","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710705,"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710703\/revisions\/710705"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emanaesthesia.org.uk\/backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}