An 82 year old Foulridge resident has been awarded a medal in recognition of living for 50 years with Type 1 diabetes. Mrs Ellis was presented with a Diabetes UK medal at a special ceremony at Airedale Hospital’s Diabetes Centre. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease which develops when the pancreas doesn’t produce any […]

The play team at Airedale Hospital are transforming the experiences of children coming to hospital by providing play and distraction to help them through their treatment. Play Specialist Katrina Embleton and Play Leader Karen Reece are now offering a 7 day service whereby staff can call on them to support and distract a child who […]

Photo: (L-R) Gurmit Jauhal, voluntary services manager, Eileen Proud, president of Friends of Airedale, Mike Yates, retiring chairman of Friends of Airedale It was goodbyes all round today as devoted volunteer and charity stalwart Mike Yates, Chairman of the Friends of Airedale charity at Airedale Hospital, retired from his role after 15 years at the […]

Airedale hospital has announced the appointment of Jill Asbury as Director of Nursing. Jill, who lives in Shipley, has been promoted from her role as Deputy Director of Nursing, a post she held since early last year. Jill grew up in Wiltshire and completed her general and children’s nurse training in Leeds. Her career spans […]

The domestic staff at Airedale Hospital have been sharing their expertise across the country, by advising on a new national training programme for cleaning professionals across the NHS. The team have been a pilot site for the launch of the Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP ) Competency & Knowledge Workbook – completion of which […]

Aran Beggan, Alex Ranton and Martha Cheung were amongst the 30 children graduating from Nightingales Day Nursery today, the on-site nursery at Airedale Hospital. All the children and their parents took part in the special celebration to mark the important milestone of moving on to primary school. To honour the occasion staff organised a red […]

Children from Nightingales day nursery at Airedale Hospital donned their hi-vis jackets this week and joined the construction team on the site of the new Acute Assessment Unit to create a garden and mini wildlife haven. The constructors of the new build, Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, along with Integrated Health Projects who are managing the […]

A new set of health care support worker apprentices started at Airedale hospital last week. They are the third set of clinical apprentices to join the trust this year. The apprentices will be working on a variety of wards across the trust, from the emergency department to the stroke ward, learning on the job to […]

Pictured (L-R): Katrina Embleton, play specialist, Amir Khan, SKT Welfare, Karen Reece, play leader, Amjid Ahmed, SKT Welfare (and recently started as Keighley Town Council deputy town mayor) SKT Welfare, a charitable organisation who aim to make a difference to the needy, have donated four small televisions to the children’s ward at Airedale hospital. In […]

A new consultant orthopaedic surgeon has joined the expanding team at Airedale hospital. James Tyler, originally from Burley in Wharfedale, has recently begun working at Airedale hospital as part of an expanding orthopaedic team. Educated at Sedbergh and at St Andrew’s and Manchester universities before training in orthopaedics in South East England, James specialised in […]