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Making Leeds Better
The Supplies department is involved in the Making Leeds Better project :
- Ensuring best value for money for the Trust
- e-Commerce through @UK aimed at bringing local SME suppliers on-line
- Regular meetings with procurement colleagues from Leeds City Council, Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Leeds
This section contains details of the project and also useful links for Leeds.
What Is Making Leeds Better?
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Health and Social Care in Leeds is already good. It could be even better.
Now, for the first time, all the key organisations in health and social care across Leeds have joined forced to develop a single vision for these services - and to make this vision a reality.
So Who Is Making Leeds Better?
The partner organisations in Making Leeds Better are the Leeds North West PCT ; Leeds North East PCT ; East Leeds PCT ; South Leeds PCT ; Leeds West PCT ; Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust ; Leeds Mental Health Teaching Trust ; West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service Trust ; the Universities in Leeds; The West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority ; West Yorkshire Primary Care Organisations, and is in cooperation with Leeds City Council . The Leeds Teaching Hospitals are not responsible for the content of external sites, including other NHS sites.
In addition, Making Leeds Better is supported by interested organisations and individuals from across West Yorkshire and beyond, in recognition that changes must benefit patients and service users throughout the region.
The Vision
Our vision is for a future where people who need health and social care get the best possible care and treatment in modern facilities closer to their own homes. Care and treatment that until now has only been available in hospitals will be provided by doctors, nurses and other health and social care staff working in the community.
Staff will be able to take advantage of the latest developments in medical science and technology, and in clinical practice - free from the limitations of old buildings and outdated ways of doing things.
When people do need hospital care they will get it in modern facilities truly fit for the 21st century.
But Why Do We Need a New Vision?
Some of the things that we want to change about the current way our health and social care services work are:
- There is no dedicated Children's & Maternity Hospital. This means that children - despite the excellent care provided by our highly trained and expert staff - are often looked after in buildings and places not suitable for their needs. This can make going to hospital an upsetting and frightening experience for some children.
- There is too much reliance on supplying care from hospitals. In Leeds, more people are admitted to hospital than people with similar problems in other cities. Up and down the country, people who have long term conditions already have much of their care provided nearer to, or actually in, their own homes. We need to be able to do this in Leeds. We need to be able to diagnose people's illnesses more quickly so treatment can start earlier and people won't have to be admitted to hospital. We also need to be able to offer people faster, more convenient and appropriate alternatives to hospital when they don't need complex treatments.
- Finally, not all of our premises - whether hospital or community based - are of a high enough standard, and some will not fit into our plans for use in the future.
What's The Aim?
To improve the health and well being of the people who use health and social services in Leeds by providing them with speedy access to high quality care and treatment that is responsive to their needs and provided in the best possible settings. This will be achieved by redesigning Care Pathways and developing new premises - including a new Children's & Maternity Hospital. All improvements must demonstrate value for money and be deliverable and affordable within the resources available.
What Does Making Leeds Better Include?
The scope of Making Leeds Better covers these Key Goals:
- Involving You - your opinions, your views, your voice
- A new Children's & Maternity Hospital
- Care Pathways - the journey you take across health and social care services in Leeds
- New facilities in your community
- Bringing hospital services together
- The Plan - to deliver the vision, to make it affordable
Useful Links
To suggest a new link, please use the request a link form. We endeavour to keep these links up to date, but apologise if any are not functioning. In the event of discovering a broken hyperlink, please contact the webmaster. Many thanks.
City of Leeds - Health
| Childrens Heart Unit at Leeds General Infirmary | http://www.childrensheartunit.org/ | The Childrens Heart Unit website located at Leeds General Infirmary |
| Leeds City Council | http://www.leeds.gov.uk | City Of Leeds website |
| Leeds Hospitals Fundraising Initiative | http://www.leedshospitalsfundraising.org.uk | The aim of this website is to introduce you to the role of the Charitable Trustees of Leeds Teaching Hospitals and to show you how you can support their valuable work. |
| Leeds liver transplant service | http://www.livertransplant.org.uk | This is the home page for the Leeds liver transplant service. |
| Leeds Mental Health Trust | http://www.leedscommunityandmentalhealthtrust.org/ | Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust website |
| Leeds Reproductive Medicine Unit | http://www.leedsreproductivemedicine.co.uk/ | This site contains information about the two Reproductive Medicine Units within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. |
| Leeds Stroke Database | http://www.leedsstrokedatabase.net | The Leeds Stroke Database is a register which is used to collect information from local people who have had a stroke. |
| Leeds.nhs.uk | http://www.leeds.nhs.uk/ | Local and national information about health and health services. |
| www.health.leeds.ac.uk | http://www.health.leeds.ac.uk/default.htm | Information about health-related activity in the University of Leeds. |
| Yorkshire Cancer Network | http://www.yorkshire-cancer-net.org.uk | This is the Home Page for the Yorkshire Cancer Network (YCN). |
| Yorkshire Cancer Registry | http://www.nycris.org.uk | Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service. |
| yorkshireneonet.org.uk | http://www.yorkshireneonet.org.uk | This site tells visitors and staff about the Neonatal Cot Bureau in Yorkshire. |
City of Leeds - General
| eHQ Leeds | http://www.ehqleeds.co.uk/ | eHQ Leeds is a cross sector initiative involving major public and private sector partners in the city. It has been set up to promote Leeds as a leading world location for effective e-business: where companies in Leeds and those relocating to the city have ready access to everything they need to do business online. |
| Leeds City Council | http://www.leeds.gov.uk | City Of Leeds website |
| Leeds Chamber of Commerce | http://www.leedschamber.co.uk/ | Leeds Chamber provides a range of useful advice for local businesses and listings of corporate news and upcoming events. |
| Leeds Financial Services | http://www.leedsfinancialservices.org.uk/ | Leeds Financial Services Initiative is a partnership organisation of
over 100 of the leading financial and professional services firms in the
city. It can provide information on its members' services available in the
city or help businesses seeking to set up or relocate to the city. |
| Leeds Live It Love It | http://www.leedsliveitloveit.com/Default.aspx | Information on Leeds for Buisness, Students, Residents and Visitors |
| Leeds Metropolitan University | http://www.lmu.ac.uk/ | Leeds Metropolitan University website |
| Leeds University | http://www.leeds.ac.uk | Leeds University website |
| No Ordinary City | http://www.no-ordinary-city.co.uk/ | No-ordinary-city provides more detailed information about the Leeds economy and is designed to assist you and your business expand or relocate to Leeds. |
| University of Leeds | http://www.leeds.ac.uk | University of Leeds homepage. |
Procurement
| Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply | www.cips.org | CIPS is an international organisation, based in the UK, serving the purchasing and supply profession. Dedicated to promoting best practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community. |
| NHS Purchasing & Supply Agency | www.pasa.nhs.uk | The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency is an executive agency of the Department of Health, established on 1 April 2000. |
Staff
| European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) | www.ecdl.co.uk | IT Training |
| Investors in People | www.investorsinpeople.org |
Procurement in Leeds
| Leeds Metropolitan University | http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/fin/pe/purchasingpages/purchasingindex.htm | Leeds Metropolitan University Purchasing |
| University of Leeds | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/purchasing/ | University of Leeds Purchasing |