Airedale General Hospital
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Airedale General Hospital is an NHS
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...

 district General Hospital based in Steeton with Eastburn
Steeton with Eastburn
Steeton with Eastburn is a civil parish within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,277. The parish includes the villages of Steeton and Eastburn....

, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

, England
England
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 and is operated by the Airedale NHS Trust
Airedale NHS Trust
Airedale NHS Trust is a NHS trust based in West and North Yorkshire, England. It currently Operates Airedale General Hospital and a small hospital in Skipton....

. Airedale was founded in 1970 and officially opened by the Prince of Wales.
The hospital covers a wide area including Keighley
Keighley
Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth...

, Skipton
Skipton
Skipton is a market town and civil parish within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located along the course of both the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the River Aire, on the south side of the Yorkshire Dales, northwest of Bradford and west of York...

, Yorkshire Dales
Yorkshire Dales
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 and parts of the North York Moors
North York Moors
The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of , and it has a population of about 25,000...

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The hospital has links for Neurosurgical
Neurosurgery
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 emergencies with Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds General Infirmary, also known as the LGI or, more correctly, The General Infirmary at Leeds, is a large teaching hospital based in the centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England and is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust....

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Facts

  • Referral to treatment - 91% of patients were treated within 18 weeks
  • Cleanliness - The hospital scored 8.0 out of 10
  • MRSA blood infection rate - 0.97 infections for every 10,000 bed days

Maternity unit

  • Midwives available for 1:1 care
  • Midwives available for home birth
  • Midwives trained in water birth
  • Obstetrician on-site

Treatments

  • A
    • Accident and Emergency Department - Airedale General Hospital

  • C
    • Cardiology General-Cardiology

  • D
    • Diabetic General-Diabetic Medicine
    • Diabetic Medicine General (Airedale)-Diabetic Medicine

  • E
    • Endocrine General-Endocrinology
    • Endocrine Metabolic Bone-Endocrinology
    • Endocrinology General (Airedale)-Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine
    • ENT General Adult-Ear Nose and Throat
    • ENT General Paediatric-Ear Nose and Throat

  • G
    • Gastroenterology Medical-Gastroenterology
    • Gastroenterology Medical-Gastroenterology
    • Geriatric General-Geriatric Medicine
    • Gynaecology General (Airedale)-Gynaecology
    • Gynaecology General-Gynaecology
    • Gynaecology Infertility and Reproductive Endocrine-Airedale NHS Trust
    • Gynaecology Menstrual Bleed Service (Airedale)-Gynaecology
    • Gynaecology Urogynaecology-Gynaecology

  • H
    • Haematology Anaemia-Clinical Haematology
    • Haematology General-Clinical Haematology

  • N
    • Nephrology General-Nephrology
    • Neurology General-Neurology

  • O
    • Ophthalmology Cataracts-Ophthalmology
    • Ophthalmology General Adult-Ophthalmology
    • Ophthalmology Paediatric-Child&Adolescent
    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery-Airedale NHS Trust
    • Orthopaedic Ankle and Foot-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedic Back Pain-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedic General Adult-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedic General Paediatric-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedic Hands-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedic Hip and Knee-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthopaedic Shoulder-Trauma & Orthopaedics
    • Orthoptic Paediatric Assessment-Ophthalmology

  • P
    • Paediatric Bowel Assessment-Paediatrics
    • Paediatric Heart Assessment-Paediatric
    • Paediatric Minor General Surgery-Paediatric Surgery
    • Paediatric Neurology-(Airedale)
    • Paediatric Orthopaedic-Paediatric
    • Paediatric Renal-(Airedale)
    • Paediatric Renal-Paediatrics
    • Paediatric Routine General-(Airedale)
    • Paediatric Urgent Assessment-Paediatrics
    • Paediatric Urology Minor Surgery-Paediatric Surgery
    • Plastic Surgery General (Airedale) -Plastic Surgery
    • Plastic Surgery General Paediatric (Airedale) -Children's & Adolescent
    • Plastic Surgery General-Plastic Surgery

  • R
    • Rehabilitation General (Airedale) -Rehabilitation
    • Rehabilitation General-Rehabilitation
    • Rheumatology General Adult-Rheumatology

  • S
    • Stroke General Medicine (Airedale) -General Medicine
    • Stroke Geriatric Medicine (Airedale)-Geriatric Medicine
    • Stroke Neurology (Airedale)-Neurology
    • Surgery Breast-Non
    • Surgery-General Rectal & Colorectal
    • Surgery-Not Otherwise Specified
    • Surgery-Thyroid/Parathyroid
    • Surgery-Upper GI
    • Surgery-Vascular

  • T
    • Thoracic General-Thoracic Medicine
    • Thoracic Medicine-Sleep
    • Thoracic Medicine-Tuberculosis

  • U
    • Urology General Adult-Urology
    • Urology General Adult-Urology
    • Urology General Paediatric-Urology
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