Airedale Hospital NHSFT

22/04/2026

Due to essential ongoing maintenance work on the Labour Ward roof, from Thursday 23 April the Maternity Assessment Centre (MAC) will be located in the Antenatal Clinic between the hours of 07:30 and 19:30.

Out of hours the MAC service will remain on Labour Ward. The contact number remains unchanged.

During the day, MAC can be accessed via the Antenatal Clinic entrance or the Labour Ward entrance. Additional signage will be in place by the Labour Ward entrance.

There will be no change to any services provided on Labour Ward.

21/04/2026

If anyone is missing their bunny friend please get in touch with our Children's Unit on 01535 292171. It was left on the Children's unit and found on 28 March. 🐰

19/04/2026

Understanding our patients' experiences of care is important to us. It helps us improve our services to best suit their needs.
If you are being treated for cancer during April, May, June 2026, you may be invited to take part in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey later in the year. Please take part to help shape NHS services for future patients 🤝
If you are invited, you will get a letter with more information later this year.
For more information on the survey, please visit www.ncpes.co.uk

16/04/2026

A message from the Airedale Midwives for those attending tonight's Antenatal Vaccine Clinic.

16/04/2026

The nominations for the 2026 Governor elections have now closed and the statement of nominated candidates is now available (see below).

Thank you to everyone who nominated themselves.

Where more than one candidate is standing for a seat, voting will open to members in those constituencies on Wednesday 29 April 2026 and close on Wednesday 20 May 2026. Their candidate statements will be published when the ballot opens.

Congratulations to the other candidates who will be elected unopposed.

All elected governors will take up their seats from 1 June 2026.

For further information on our governors see our website https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk/about-us/governors-and-membership/governors/ or contact: anhsft.members@nhs.net

15/04/2026

Dr Tom Hollins, Consultant Anaesthetist here at Airedale Hospital and one of the UK’s leading ultra‑distance runners, is planning to become the first runner to take on the Lakeland Round.

Funds raised through Tom’s JustGiving page will contribute directly to Airedale Hospital & Community Charity’s Emergency Department Appeal, supporting vital upgrades that improve patient experience, staff wellbeing, and emergency care delivery.

Dr Tom Hollins is taking on the epic Lakeland Round to raise vital funds for our Emergency Department Appeal – and you can support him to be in with a chance of winning some brilliant prizes!

Alongside your kind donation, the amazing teams at Montane and SCARPA are offering some amazing prizes to supporters who donate £5 or more -

🎁A Montane Vortic waterproof jacket
🎁A pair of SCARPA Spin Planet trail shoes

When you make your donation, simply:
1️⃣ Guess how long it will take Tom to complete the challenge (days, hours, minutes)
2️⃣ Guess the total ascent of the round (in metres)
3️⃣ Add your guesses as a comment with your donation

⏰ Competition closes at midnight on 10 May (there’s your first clue!)

The closest guess in each category wins. After that the answers might get a little easier to work out.

Even once the competition closes, donations to support our Emergency Department will still be hugely appreciated and will help Tom to keep going.

👉 Donate, comment your guesses, and help Tom go the distance for our Emergency Department.

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/toms-wainwright-challenge

Thank you for your support!

14/04/2026

Today is Vaisakhi, the spring harvest festival celebrated by Sikhs around the world. We hope all who are celebrating have a joyous and prosperous time.

13/04/2026

A notice to those visiting the hospital this week (Monday 13 April):

The footpath next to Teal House through to the Main Road will be temporarily closed from today until Friday 17 April.

Those who are arriving at the hospital, please use the main entrance. This work is essential for getting the site ready for our new hospital and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

12/04/2026

It's important to while enjoying the outdoors. Get more info on ticks and Lyme disease by visiting https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/03/21/what-is-lyme
disease-and-why-do-we-need-to-be-tick-aware/

09/04/2026

Reminder - resident doctors are taking industrial action until 7am on Monday 13 April.

GP practices will continue to be open. All other NHS staff - including consultants and specialists doctors - will still be working hard to keep you safe.

For advice and guidance, visit 111 online, use your NHS App or call 111.

08/04/2026

A reminder that you can drop off walking aides you no longer use at two recycling areas across our site.

The bins have been funded by the Trust’s Therapy Services team after they identified that a large number of walking aids were not being returned when patients no longer needed them.

The recycling bins are located in the entrances of Airedale Hospital and Canalside Community Health Centre.

Please ensure that they are clean, and still in a fit state to reuse.

Thank you for your support.

08/04/2026

📣This is your last chance to nominate yourself to become one of our potential governors as nominations close today.

To see our available seats and nominate yourself, visit www.cesvotes.com/airedale2026