St James's University Hospital

The hospital has its origins in the Leeds Moral and Industrial Training School built in 1848 (which now forms part of the Lincoln Wing). and the Leeds Union Infirmary (the site of the present Gledhow Wing) was built in 1874. By the end of the 19th century, the facilities were largely used for medical care of the poor, rather than as a workhouse. During the First World War it was called the East Leeds War Hospital, caring for armed services personnel. In 1970, following expansion of Leeds School of Medicine, it was renamed St James's University Hospital. A new oncology building, the Bexley Wing, containing the St James's Institute of Oncology (including the Gamma Knife Centre) was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2004. It was designed by Anshen & Allen and built by Bovis Lend Lease The building is one of Europe's largest cancer centres, with 1,600 staff and 350 beds. As part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Hospitals of the Future program, the Centre for Laboratory Medicine (CfLM)] opened in September 2023 at the hospital. It provides specialist pathology services for hospitals within the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT). ==2002 serial killer incident==

In 2002, serial killer nurse Colin Norris, who worked on the orthopaedics ward of the hospital, killed two of his own patients in cold blood. He had been transferred to St James's from Leeds General Infirmary, where it later materialised he had already murdered two patients and attempted to kill another. Norris's case was sent to the Court of Appeal in 2021. ==2023 attempted bombing==

On 20 January 2023, a student nurse by the name of Mohammad Farooq, aged 27, was arrested after leaving an explosive device outside the maternity ward of the hospital. A patient, Nathan Newby, was suspicious and, over the course of two hours, talked Farooq into surrendering to police. At the time of arrest, he was caught in possession of a Gediz 9mm PAK semi-automatic pistol. Prosecutors added that he was inspired by radical Islam, and that he carried out "hostile reconnaissance" of an RAF base on 10 and 18 January after carrying out online research and intended on carrying out a 'lone wolf' attack. He was charged with engaging in conduct with the intention of committing acts of terrorism between 12 July 2022 and 20 January 2023. In October 2025, Newby was awarded the George Medal, the UK's second highest award for civilian bravery. ==Facilities==

All of the hospital buildings except Chancellor's Wing, which was named after the Duchess of Kent, a former Chancellor of the University of Leeds, are named after surrounding streets in the Leeds suburb of Harehills: • Beckett Wing – Care of the Elderly • Bexley Wing – Oncology • Gledhow Wing • Lincoln Wing • Chancellor's Wing The hospital is one of six centres which conduct liver transplants. St James's was the location of the first living-related donor Liver transplantation on the NHS. The University of Leeds has a large presence at the St James's Hospital site with a new molecular medicine centre, the Wellcome Trust Brenner building. There is a notable cystic fibrosis unit in the Gledhow wing which offers specialist inpatient and outpatient services and research, and has its own method of management guidelines called the "Cystic Fibrosis Leeds method of management". The Thackray Museum of Medicine adjoins the hospital site and is located in the Grade II listed former main building of the Leeds Union Workhouse. ==''Jimmy's'' TV series==

St James's University Hospital's fame derives in part from its extensive television coverage in the documentary series also titled ''Jimmy's'', produced by Yorkshire Television (YTV) between 1987 and 1996 for ITV. ==Main buildings==

Image:Jimmys Beckett 2008.jpg|Beckett Wing Image:Jimmys Oncology 2008.jpg|Leeds Cancer Centre Oncology (Bexley Wing) Image:Jimmys Chancellor 2008.jpg|Chancellor's Wing Image:Jimmys Lincoln 2008.jpg|Lincoln Wing Image:Jimmys Gledhow 2008.jpg|Gledhow Wing Image:Jimmys Brenner 2008.jpg|Wellcome Trust Brenner Building Image:Jimmys Clinical Sciences 2008.jpg|Clinical Sciences Building ==See also==