Contracts signed for leading construction company to build new Airedale Hospital Foluke Ajayi, Chief Executive, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (right) with Karin Smyth, Minister of State for the Department of Health & Social Care and Jonathan Hall, Chief Operating Officer, GRAHAMAGH SolutionsAiredale Trust NewsEstate and buildingsSecuring the future

Contracts signed for leading construction company to build new Airedale Hospital

Another major milestone has been reached for the new Airedale Hospital, part of the government’s New Hospital Programme, as contracts are signed for leading construction company GRAHAM to build the new hospital.   GRAHAM, which is a UK and Ireland…
30 July 2026
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Flu update

Lianne Robinson, Chief Nurse at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust said: “The number of patients unwell with influenza (flu) in our hospital is rising. The hospital is very busy and our…
9 December 2025
Pioneering research-backed cancer exercise treatment service launches in Airedale 3) Dr Tamsin Gregory, Consultant Anaesthetist and Clinical Lead for Active Together at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Johanne Lind, Specialist Dietitian, Nick Bergin, Therapy Manager at Active Together Airedale, Sophie Duxbury, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, and Ellie Walker, Specialist Physiotherapist.Airedale Trust NewsCancer servicesTherapies

Pioneering research-backed cancer exercise treatment service launches in Airedale

People with cancer living in Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven are now able to benefit from Active Together, a research-backed cancer exercise treatment service funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research and designed by Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.…
2 September 2025
New maternity and neonatal independent senior advocate role pilot launched in West Yorkshire and Harrogate Photograph of Rhona Mulvihill in a circle. Wording reads: Rhona Mulvihill is the new Maternity and Neonatal Independent Senior Advocate for West Yorkshire and Harrogate helping women, service users and families to be listened to and heard following an adverse outcome any time during pregnancy and birth.Act as OneAiredale Trust NewsHealth inequalitiesMaternity servicesNeonatal unitWYAAT

New maternity and neonatal independent senior advocate role pilot launched in West Yorkshire and Harrogate

A new role being piloted in West Yorkshire and Harrogate is supporting women and families who have experienced an adverse outcome during maternity and neonatal care. The introduction of the…
20 May 2024
People urged to only attend A&E departments in Bradford and Airedale with life or limb-threatening emergencies Sign outside Emergency DepartmentAiredale Trust NewsUrgent and emergency care

People urged to only attend A&E departments in Bradford and Airedale with life or limb-threatening emergencies

Local NHS leaders are urging people to only attend A&E departments across the district with life-threatening emergencies as hospitals are under significant pressure due to the junior doctors’ industrial action…
14 March 2023
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson welcomed to Airedale Hospital’s award-winning Intensive Care Unit Andrew Stephenson MP with Dr Premraj Prabhakaran outside of the new ICU buildingAGH SolutionsAiredale Trust NewsEstate and buildingsICUSecuring the futureSustainability

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson welcomed to Airedale Hospital’s award-winning Intensive Care Unit

Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson has praised Airedale General Hospital’s new award-winning Intensive Care Unit and ward decant facility and has given his backing for a new hospital to address structural…
13 January 2023
Real people achieving extraordinary things – West Yorkshire and Harrogate cancer nurses recognised in national day of celebration National cancer clinical nurse specialist day logoAct as OneAiredale Trust NewsCancer services

Real people achieving extraordinary things – West Yorkshire and Harrogate cancer nurses recognised in national day of celebration

Patients, health professionals and charities across West Yorkshire and Harrogate are coming together in a national celebration of the invaluable role of specialist cancer nurses and to encourage more people…
14 March 2022