Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an
NHS Foundation Trust based in
West and
North Yorkshire,
England; it also serves part of East
Lancashire.
About
The Trust employs 2,900 people and has 400 volunteers. Each year the Trust treats 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients. The
Emergency Department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pati ...
treats over 51,000 each year. An average 2,600 babies are born each year at the Foundation Trust.
The Trust achieved
Foundation Trust status on 1 June 2010.
It was formerly known as Airedale NHS Trust.
The trust broke from the national pay agreement in August 2015 by giving a 1% pay rise to its senior non-clinical staff - those earning above £57,069 - in line with the award for the rest of the staff.
In 2017 the trust established a subsidiary company, AGH Solutions Ltd, to which 325 estates and facilities staff were transferred. The intention was to achieve VAT benefits, as well as pay bill savings, by recruiting new staff on less expensive non-NHS contracts. VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The
Value Added Tax Act 1994
The Value Added Tax Act 1994c 23 is a UK tax law, concerning taxation of goods and services that fall within the scope of Value Added Tax (VAT). It came into force on 1 September 1994. The Value Added Tax Act 1983 was repealed and replaced by this ...
provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted out services.
In 2022 the outstanding maintenance bill was £414 million, the third largest in the English NHS.
Hospitals
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust currently operates the following hospitals:
*
Airedale General Hospital
Airedale General Hospital is an NHS district General Hospital based in Steeton with Eastburn, West Yorkshire, England and is operated by the Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. Airedale was opened for patients in July 1970 and officially opened by th ...
, the Foundation Trust's main hospital in
Steeton near
Keighley,
Airedale.
*
Castleberg Hospital, a small
Community Hospital in between
Settle
Settle or SETTLE may refer to:
Places
* Settle, Kentucky, United States
* Settle, North Yorkshire, a town in England
** Settle Rural District, a historical administrative district
Music
* Settle (band), an indie rock band from Pennsylvania
* ''S ...
and
Giggleswick
Giggleswick, a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, lies on the B6480 road, less than north-west of the town of Settle and divided from it by the River Ribble. It is the site of Giggleswick School. T ...
in
Craven
Craven may refer to:
* Craven in the Domesday Book, an area of Yorkshire, England, larger area than the district
** Craven District, a local government district of North Yorkshire formed in 1974
Places
* Craven, New South Wales, Australia, see ...
, founded 1834
*
Skipton General Hospital
Skipton General Hospital is a health facility in Keighley Road, Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. It is managed by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The facility has its origins in the Skipton Cottage Hospital in Granville Street which w ...
, a small Community Hospital in central
Skipton,
Craven
Craven may refer to:
* Craven in the Domesday Book, an area of Yorkshire, England, larger area than the district
** Craven District, a local government district of North Yorkshire formed in 1974
Places
* Craven, New South Wales, Australia, see ...
, founded 1899
Additionally the trust provides some services at Coronation Hospital in
Ilkley in
Wharfedale.
The Trust used to formerly own Coronation Hospital; recent talks have led to the possibility to Coronation Hospital returning to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, however there have also been talks for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust to build a new £3.3 Million Community Hospital to serve the Ilkley area.
The Trust is viewed as a pioneer in
telemedicine in the UK and has used the technology to support very vulnerable patients, particularly those with dementia and in nursing homes. Technical expertise is provided by
Involve-Visual and
Red Embedded
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. Plans were announced in November 2013 to roll the service out to 50 more nursing and residential homes working with
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
A new ultrasound suite was opened in December 2013 to reduce waiting time for patients needing scans. T ...
.
Performance
It was awarded
Disability Confident Employer status in 2022.
See also
*
List of NHS trusts
References
External links
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Official Website
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NHS foundation trusts
Health in Yorkshire