Cancer services Archives - Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Radiotherapy treatment pathway

Radiotherapy, also known as radiation therapy, is a medical treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill or damage cancer cells. The primary goal is to shrink tumours and…

Airedale Trust21 October 2025

Active Together Airedale

Active Together Airedale is a new cancer prehabilitation and rehabilitation service that is funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research. Active Together has already been running in other parts of Yorkshire, including…

Shaun Slater24 September 2025

Immunotherapy treatment pathway

If your treatment plan includes immunotherapy, this film will help to explain some of the things that you may be worried about before you attend for your first visit, such…

Airedale Trust14 May 2025

Personalised Care and Support

Personalised care in cancer care allows you to take an active role in the way your care is planned and delivered by identifying your individual concerns and support needs. It…

Airedale Trust21 October 2024

Lynch Syndrome patient support

You will have been sent a link to this patient information site by a doctor or nurse involved in your existing cancer pathway or because you are a family member…

Airedale Trust10 October 2024

Patient experience and feedback

The Cancer teams value patient and family feedback to enhance our services, which is gathered through initiatives like the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, Cancer Partnership Group, and other community…

Airedale Trust27 September 2024

Patient information videos

Our collection of patient information videos is designed to provide clear, supportive guidance on various aspects of cancer care. Covering topics such as lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and…

Airedale Trust26 September 2024

Patient information

We have included our frequently used information below.You can view messages about your care in the NHS App. The NHS App is a simple and secure way to receive messages…

Airedale Trust26 September 2024

Managing the effects of cancer and treatment

These effects depend on the type of treatment you have and can range from mild to severe. Information in this section may support with some of those problems. Find out…

Airedale Trust25 September 2024

Acute oncology helpline

Acute oncology helpline number: 01535 292944 Can call 24 hours a day 7 days a week Please call the above helpline if you are concerned about side-effects of treatment you are…

Airedale Trust25 September 2024

After cancer treatment

When treatment finishes you should have the following: Contact details of a key worker (usually your cancer specialist nurse) in case you have questions or concerns. An understanding of your follow…

Airedale Trust25 September 2024

Cancer types

The cancer cells can invade and destroy surrounding healthy tissues, including organs. There are more than 200 different types of cancer and each is diagnosed and treated in a particular…

Airedale Trust25 September 2024

Cancer treatments

Treatments can be given as a single treatment or a combination of treatments. Treatment options are: Surgery Radiotherapy Chemotherapy Hormone therapies Targeted therapies/immunotherapy Supportive and palliative care If your treatment…

Airedale Trust25 September 2024

Being diagnosed with cancer

Many people feel completely overwhelmed but it is important to understand there are lots of different people and services who can help support you and your family. Going through cancer…

Airedale Trust25 September 2024

Referral to hospital

This means you will need to be available to attend, often at short notice. This can be at Airedale General Hospital, Skipton hospital or at a community diagnostic centre (CDC)…

Airedale Trust16 September 2024

Cancer signs and symptoms

Symptoms are often caused by other non-cancerous illnesses but it is still best to have them checked. Different types of cancer have different symptoms. General advice would be to see…

Airedale Trust16 September 2024

Cancer causes and risk factors

A combination of genes, lifestyle and environment can affect risk further. We are all able to control some of the risk factors. Around 1 in 3 of the most common…

Airedale Trust16 September 2024

Cancer screening programmes

It enables precancerous conditions and also early cancers to be identified. This enables treatment to start as soon as possible to prevent cancer developing or growing further. There are currently…

Airedale Trust27 August 2024

Non-site specific team

At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust we provide an established multidisciplinary non-site specific (NSS) service. We offer all suspected cancer patients a telephone assessment appointment within two weeks of their GP…

Airedale Trust7 July 2024

Chemotherapy treatment pathway

If your treatment plan includes chemotherapy this film will help to explain some of the things that you may be worried about before you attend for your first visit, such…

Airedale Trust14 February 2024

First cancer diagnosis

We understand that seeing our healthcare professionals in person is essential, but sometimes having the same information available online can be useful too. We hope that the guidance and information…

Airedale Trust14 February 2024

Cancer Services

At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust we provide access to specialists for patients with suspected cancer to provide a quick and early diagnosis. Patients will be involved in all decision making…

Katie Lister18 July 2022

Head and Neck Cancer

Bradford and Airedale Head and Neck Cancer Team are committed to ensuring we provide a caring and compassionate service that is of high quality to patients with Head and Neck…

Airedale Trust29 June 2022

More resources

Macmillan Support Line open 7 days a week If you are worried about money, work or treatment, or you just want to speak about whatever matters to you, Macmillan Support Line…

Airedale Trust25 April 2022

Wendy Walton

Lead Cancer Manager Job role To oversee the development of a high quality, safe, patient focused cancer service in line with the Trusts Right Care Values, West Yorkshire and Harrogate…

Fiona Page11 April 2022

First cancer diagnosis

We understand that seeing our healthcare professionals in person is essential, but sometimes having the same information available online can be useful too. We hope that the guidance and information…

Airedale Trust8 March 2022

Mobile Cancer Unit

In November 2018, in partnership with charity Hope for Tomorrow, we launched our new mobile cancer care unit (MCCU). The state of the art MCCU, which is 6 car parking widths…

Airedale Trust22 November 2021

Urological Cancer

At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust we provide an established multidisciplinary urology service. We offer all suspected cancer patients an appointment within two weeks of their GP referral.All patients that are…

Airedale Trust4 September 2021

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer

At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust we provide an established multidisciplinary upper-gastrointestinal (UGI) and hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) service. We offer all suspected cancer patients an appointment within two weeks of their GP…

Airedale Trust4 September 2021

Haematological Cancer

At Airedale NHS Foundation Trust we provide an established multidisciplinary haematology service. Haematological cancers include various types of blood cancers, including acute and chronic leukaemias, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloprolifeative disorders, aplastic…

Airedale Trust4 September 2021

Radiotherapy treatment pathway

Active Together Airedale

Immunotherapy treatment pathway

Personalised Care and Support

Lynch Syndrome patient support

Patient experience and feedback

Patient information videos

Patient information

Managing the effects of cancer and treatment

Acute oncology helpline

After cancer treatment

Cancer types

Cancer treatments

Being diagnosed with cancer

Referral to hospital

Cancer signs and symptoms

Cancer causes and risk factors

Cancer screening programmes

Non-site specific team

Chemotherapy treatment pathway

First cancer diagnosis

Cancer Services

Head and Neck Cancer

More resources

Wendy Walton

First cancer diagnosis

Mobile Cancer Unit

Urological Cancer

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer

Haematological Cancer

Gynaecological Cancer

Colorectal Cancer

Breast Cancer

Lung Cancer

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