Airedale Hospital’s dignity room has been given more than 200 free pairs of socks on the eve of national dignity action day (1 February). The donation comes from Craven Masonic Lodge who used their annual Christmas party to invite members and their guests to fill large Santa sacks with pairs of socks – collecting 243 […]

Secretary of State for health, The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP visited Airedale Hospital today (Monday 28 January) to see how staff support patients with dementia and long-term conditions. The Health Minister and MP for South West Surrey visited the hospital’s Telehealth Hub and a ward that uses design to help support dementia patients. During […]

Airedale hospital has been given £748,000 to create a more homely environment for women giving birth. The hospital is one of more than 100 across the country to get a share of the Department of Health’s £25 million fund to improve and upgrade their maternity units. The plan at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is to […]

Do you want to help make decisions about Airedale Hospital? – if so, why not become one of its governors. They play an important role representing the views of people living in local communities when decisions are made about future developments of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. Governors also act as a link between the public […]

An Airedale nurse has been nominated as a finalist for a national nursing award. Stephanie Lawrence, who works for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust as a team leader for the Airedale collaborative care team and Craven virtual ward, is one of four nurses short listed from more than 150 nominations for the Claire Rayner’s patient choice […]

Airedale Hospital starts the New Year with a new director of finance as a member of its board. Andrew Copley, who has been deputy director of finance at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust for the past five years and has a clinical background, stepped up to the post from 1 January 2013. His new portfolio also […]