Plans include new facilities for Leeds hospitals which would help cut the operations waiting list.
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceOn Tuesday, councillors were told additional facilities could be added to Chapel Allerton Hospital and Wharfedale Hospital in Otley.
Subject to planning permission, the Wharfedale plan would include two new operating theatres, a recovery area and an admissions and discharge area.Figures from NHS Digital show 90,000 patients are waiting for treatment from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ,At the end of April, around 63% of patients needing treatment had been waiting 18 weeks or more.
The trust said the plans at Wharfedale Hospital alone would cost £10m and would see an elective care hub built on the site.
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