Volunteers and staff at Airedale Hospital have joined forces to declare an equipment amnesty in a bid to rescue lost wheelchairs, walking frames and other walking aids. The last time the hospital held an amnesty hundreds of pairs of crutches, walking sticks, and walking aids worth around £4,000 plus several wheelchairs, were returned during the […]

Mark Bradley from Glusburn has been a keen fisherman for over 40 years but feared his fishing days could be over when he suffered a stroke last year which seriously restricted the use of his left arm. This was when the Community Stroke Team, based at Airedale Hospital, contacted Remap through Occupational Therapist Dawn Osborne. […]

Photo shows L to R Michelle West, Mobility Services Manager with Mike Yates, Chair of Friends of Airedale and Eileen Proud, President of Friends of Airedale   The Friends of Airedale charity have helped make things more comfortable for patients visiting the mobility services team at Airedale Hospital, by providing a newTV and water cooler […]

A new venture is being rolled out to recycle and re-build Airedale hospital’s wheelchairs to help people with disabilities living in poverty overseas. The mobility team at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is working in partnership with Bradford Based charity Margaret Carey Foundation, who collect old wheelchairs to take to HMP Garth Prison, in Chorley, so […]

Airedale Hospital’s mobility team is seeking sponsorship to create a new testing ground on site to help keep new electric wheelchair users safe whilst manoeuvring. For the past 20 years they have teamed up with Bradford Council’s road safety team to run driving tests for their patients to help them learn how best to use […]

Two new orthotic shoes, developed by patients from Airedale Hospital working with a manufacturer of specialist footwear, are being unveiled tomorrow (Wednesday 7 May). The products have been designed based on feedback from the Airedale Footwear Forum, a user group brought together by Peacocks Medical Group and the hospital’s mobility services team. Patients who use […]