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Dame Linda Pollard
Dame Linda Pollard is the chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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As a trust chair I'm optimistic, despite the tough times
Though the NHS is facing several challenges, a spate of new projects in West Yorkshire that can spark innovation drawing national and international investment gives a reason to be hopeful about the future, writes Dame Linda Pollard