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Airedale General Hospital

Skipton Road, Keighley, BD20 6TD · Run by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust · 01535652511

Acute hospital - NHS non-specialist

CQC: Requires improvement

CQC rating published 26 May 2023 — this rating applies to this specific location. About CQC ratings

View the full CQC report & inspection history →

Contains public sector information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

At a glance

Whether this trust meets each official NHS operational standard — not a combined score or ranking.

Waiting times
Below NHS standard
71.0% within 18 weeks · standard 92% · About this data
A&E
Below NHS standard
56.6% within 4 hours · standard 95% · About this data
Cancer
Below NHS standard
81.0% treated within 62 days · standard 85% · About this data
Diagnostics
Below NHS standard
4.7% waiting 6+ weeks · standard 1.0% or fewer · About this data
Mortality (SHMI)
As expected
Screening indicator, not a death rate — a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care · About this data

In plain English

AI-generated

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust reported 6,754 A&E attendances in July 2026, with 56.6% of patients seen within four hours. In June 2026, 14,155 patients were on the waiting list, and 71% were seen within 18 weeks of referral. Staff survey results from 2025 showed that 55.1% of staff would recommend the trust to friends or relatives.

Automatically generated from the official figures on this page and checked to restate only those figures. Last generated 16 August 2026. This is a plain-English summary, not medical advice. About these summaries

CQC inspection ratings

Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement

The Care Quality Commission rates hospitals on five questions. This location was last inspected December 2022. Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

CQC ratings by service

CQC rated these services individually — there is no single overall rating for this location.

Critical careGood
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated March 2019
Diagnostic imagingGood
Safe
Requires improvement
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated March 2019
End of life careGood
Safe
Good
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated August 2016
MaternityRequires improvement
Safe
Requires improvement
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated May 2023
Medical care (including older people's care)Good
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated March 2019
Outpatients and diagnostic imagingGood
Safe
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Good
rated August 2016
Services for children & young peopleGood
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
rated August 2016
SurgeryRequires improvement
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated March 2019
Urgent and emergency servicesRequires improvement
Safe
Requires improvement
Effective
Good
Caring
Good
Responsive
Good
Well-led
Requires improvement
rated March 2019

Source: CQC. About CQC ratings

Estates & facilities

This hospital site specifically (2024/25). A high maintenance backlog means more deferred repairs to buildings and equipment.

Patient & visitor parking
£1.50/hr
1,708 spaces · 54 disabled
Cost per inpatient meal
£4.42
Cleaning cost (annual)
£3.8m
Total cleaning service cost, this site
Single en-suite rooms
50
Private rooms with their own bathroom
Single rooms (non-en-suite)
77
Private rooms without their own bathroom
Site floor area
72,848 m²
Maintenance backlog
£319m
£298m high-risk

Source: NHS England Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC). About this data

Performance at a glance

Treated or seen within 18 weeks
Trust-wide
71.0%
National median: 66.3%
2.0 pts vs yr agoBetter than 72% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Typical (median) wait
Trust-wide
10.3 wks
National median: 11.7 wks
0.2 wks vs yr agoBetter than 74% of trustsData: Jun 2026
Patients on the waiting list
Trust-wide
14,155
National median: 39,587
309 vs yr agoData: Jun 2026
Waiting over a year
Trust-wide
63
National median: 358.5
4 vs yr agoBetter than 74% of trustsData: Jun 2026
A&E patients seen within 4 hours
Trust-wide
56.6%
National median: 74.2%
13.7 pts vs yr agoBetter than 2% of trustsData: Jul 2026
A&E attendances
Trust-wide
6,754
National median: 14,642
213 vs yr agoData: Jul 2026
12-hour trolley waits
Trust-wide
183
National median: 194
113 vs yr agoBetter than 52% of trustsData: Jul 2026

NHS England publishes waiting-time and A&E figures per trust, not per building — figures marked Trust-wide cover all hospitals run by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

Performance over time

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · hover a month for the exact figure · monthly data table

Total waiting list
Incomplete pathways, all specialties
10,00012,50015,000Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 2614,1558,962April 20219,150May 20219,182June 20219,570July 20219,627August 20219,683September 20219,745October 20219,943November 202110,331December 202110,434January 202210,307February 202210,258March 202214,839April 202314,910May 202315,034June 202314,976July 202315,288August 202315,480September 202315,326October 202314,918November 202315,035December 202315,135January 202415,264February 202415,125March 202415,118April 202414,647May 202414,637June 202414,779July 202414,564August 202414,478September 202414,298October 202414,010November 202413,789December 202413,884January 202514,087February 202514,083March 202513,752April 202513,738May 202513,846June 202514,138July 202514,032August 202513,819September 202514,098October 202514,125November 202514,336December 202514,438January 202614,603February 202614,202March 202614,344April 202614,234May 202614,155June 2026
Waiting under 18 weeks
Share of the waiting list
60%80%Apr 21Jan 22Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 92%71.0%70.8%April 202174.0%May 202176.8%June 202177.8%July 202177.0%August 202177.5%September 202177.4%October 202178.1%November 202175.7%December 202174.3%January 202271.8%February 202270.2%March 202262.4%April 202362.5%May 202362.6%June 202360.9%July 202361.4%August 202360.8%September 202361.1%October 202361.1%November 202359.1%December 202360.4%January 202461.9%February 202461.4%March 202462.3%April 202462.9%May 202462.4%June 202463.3%July 202463.5%August 202465.8%September 202467.0%October 202467.5%November 202468.5%December 202469.0%January 202570.0%February 202571.4%March 202571.4%April 202572.7%May 202573.0%June 202571.5%July 202571.1%August 202571.0%September 202570.2%October 202569.6%November 202570.5%December 202571.0%January 202672.6%February 202673.4%March 202672.3%April 202671.4%May 202671.0%June 2026
A&E seen within 4 hours
All department types
40%60%80%100%Apr 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26NHS standard 95%56.6%91.2%April 202092.6%May 202093.8%June 202093.7%July 202090.2%August 202086.5%September 202082.3%October 202084.9%November 202086.6%December 202084.9%January 202185.0%February 202187.9%March 202185.5%April 202183.3%May 202177.8%June 202172.1%July 202172.6%August 202171.5%September 202167.1%October 202163.1%November 202161.1%December 202162.0%January 202261.3%February 202263.7%March 202258.4%April 202263.0%May 202261.7%June 202255.6%July 202258.3%August 202260.3%September 202253.4%October 202248.0%November 202241.8%December 202253.1%January 202351.5%February 202353.5%March 202354.2%April 202363.3%May 202367.2%June 202361.7%July 202355.8%August 202355.8%September 202351.6%October 202344.1%November 202343.8%December 202346.4%January 202452.8%February 202466.2%March 202467.2%April 202462.5%May 202461.1%June 202461.8%July 202460.8%August 202461.4%September 202459.1%October 202456.1%November 202458.6%December 202458.2%January 202557.3%February 202558.5%March 202563.8%April 202565.7%May 202567.3%June 202570.3%July 202564.1%August 202562.6%September 202563.2%October 202560.8%November 202564.0%December 202559.0%January 202657.9%February 202666.3%March 202661.4%April 202656.4%May 202656.2%June 202656.6%July 2026

A&E performance

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: July 2026· all A&E department types combined — the official headline basis.

A&E attendances
6,754
All department types · latest month
Seen within 4 hours
56.6%
All department types · NHS standard: 95%
Waited over 12 hours
183
From decision-to-admit ('trolley waits')
Emergency admissions
2,051
All department types · latest month
Major A&E only (Type 1)
Attendances
6,528
Seen within 4 hours
55.1%

The all-types headline above includes minor-injury units and urgent treatment centres (Type 3), which typically report much higher 4-hour performance and lift the combined figure. This narrower figure covers only the main, consultant-led A&E department run by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust— Type 1 in NHS England's classification.

Department typeAttendancesWithin 4 hours
All types (official headline)6,75456.6%
Type 1 — major A&E6,52855.1%
Type 2 — single-specialty A&E226100.0%

Source: NHS England A&E Attendances & Emergency Admissions. About this data

Cancer waiting times

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026.

Faster diagnosis (28 days)
86.7%
575 of 663 treated in time
Target 75% · meets target
Treatment within 62 days
81.0%
60 of 74 treated in time
Target 85% · below target
Treatment within 31 days
98.1%
105 of 107 treated in time
Target 96% · meets target
Treated within 62 days
Urgent referral to first treatment
70%80%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 85%81.0%76.1%April 202581.9%May 202576.6%June 202587.3%July 202579.8%August 202584.7%September 202582.4%October 202575.1%November 202566.1%December 202581.0%January 202672.2%February 202681.5%March 202684.2%April 202673.5%May 202681.0%June 2026
Faster diagnosis (28 days)
Referral to diagnosis or ruling-out
75%80%85%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 75%86.7%82.3%April 202579.8%May 202582.6%June 202582.1%July 202576.0%August 202581.9%September 202579.2%October 202577.9%November 202578.1%December 202576.7%January 202682.5%February 202684.6%March 202677.4%April 202683.4%May 202686.7%June 2026
Treated within 31 days
Decision to treat to first treatment
96%98%100%Apr 25Jan 26NHS standard 96%98.1%95.4%April 202599.1%May 202595.0%June 202597.7%July 202599.0%August 202598.8%September 202599.1%October 2025100.0%November 202598.3%December 202599.3%January 2026100.0%February 202698.4%March 2026100.0%April 2026100.0%May 202698.1%June 2026

Source: NHS England Cancer Waiting Times. The 62-day standard is urgent referral to first treatment; the 28-day faster-diagnosis standard is referral to diagnosis or ruling-out. About this data

Patient experience (Friends & Family Test)

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026· a voluntary, monthly feedback survey — the figure is the share of respondents who rated their experience 'good' or 'very good'. Response rates are often low and respondents are self-selected, not a representative sample, so read this alongside the clinical measures above, not on its own.

Inpatient care
% would recommend
94.3%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
3.5%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
751
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
13.9%
Responses as a share of those eligible
Urgent & emergency care (A&E)
% would recommend
80.4%
Rated care 'good' or 'very good'
% would not recommend
13.2%
Rated care 'poor' or 'very poor'
Responses
608
Number of patients who gave feedback
Response rate
17.4%
Responses as a share of those eligible

Source: NHS England Friends & Family Test. About this data

Staff experience (NHS Staff Survey)

2025 · the views of staff who work at this trust — a measure of workforce culture, morale and confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes. There is no official NHS target for these figures, so they are shown as context, never a pass or fail.

Staff happy for a friend or relative to be treated here
55.1%
Agreed · 2025 NHS Staff Survey▼ 7.5 pts vs 2024Median English trust: 63.9%
Staff engagement
6.56
out of 10 · 2025
Would recommend as a place to work
50.2%
Agreed · 2025

The NHS Staff Survey records the views of staff who chose to respond — a measure of workforce culture, morale and staff confidence, not a direct measure of clinical outcomes or safety. Response rates vary between trusts. England only; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland run separate staff surveys on a different basis, so these figures are never compared across nations.

Source: NHS Staff Survey (NHS England), Open Government Licence. About this data

Cancelled operations

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Quarter ending 30 June 2026· last-minute cancellations for NON-CLINICAL reasons (no bed, no staff, an emergency taking priority) — not cancellations chosen by the patient or on clinical grounds. It's a raw count, so larger trusts naturally cancel more in absolute terms — read this alongside the other measures above, not on its own.

Last-minute cancellations
38
elective ops cancelled on the day, non-clinical reasons
Not rebooked within 28 days
0
the NHS standard is a new date within 28 days
% not rebooked in time
0.0%
share of cancelled ops without a new date inside 28 days

Source: NHS England (QMCO). About this data

Bed occupancy, ambulance handovers & delayed discharges (UEC Daily SitRep)

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Snapshot at 8am, 29 March 2026. This is unvalidated management information— NHS England's own label — and can be revised for up to 14 days after first publication. It is collected only during the winter Daily SitRep window, so this is the latest date the collection has published, not necessarily today. It measures operational pressure (how full the hospital is), NOT care quality — high occupancy is normal for NHS hospitals, especially in winter, and is not a safety or performance score. The ambulance-handover figures below cover winter 2025-26 as a period total(not a snapshot): the time from an ambulance arriving to the patient being handed over to A&E staff. The delayed-discharge figures cover the most recent 7 daysof the collection (not a snapshot, and not the whole winter): a patient who "no longer meets the criteria to reside" is medically ready to leave hospital, but how quickly they actually do mostly reflects social-care and community capacity to receive them — NOT the hospital's own clinical quality. A higher handover or delayed-discharge figure means more operational pressure — like the rest of this section, none of it is a measure of care quality, and it carries no colour grading, badge or ranking.

Adult general & acute bed occupancy
95.9%
331 occupied of 345 open
Adult critical care occupancy
71.4%
5 occupied of 7 open
Ambulance handovers over 30 minutes
28.5%
of 6,231 handovers, winter 2025-26
Ambulance handovers over 60 minutes
2.0%
of 6,231 handovers, winter 2025-26
Medically fit but not discharged
56
patients/day who no longer met the criteria to reside but stayed in hospital, week to 29 March 2026
Discharged when fit
52%
of 815 who no longer met the criteria to reside, week to 29 March 2026

Source: NHS England UEC Daily SitRep, Ambulance Handover and Acute Discharge SitRep collections. About this data

Never Events (patient safety)

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Financial year 2025/26 · Never Events are rare, serious, wholly-preventable incidents. This is a RAW count for 2025/26— it is NOT adjusted for how much surgery the trust does, and NHS England publishes it to prompt learning, NOT to compare trusts. A higher number is a prompt to look at the trust's own review, not proof it is less safe than a trust with fewer.

Never Events reported
1
Occurring in FY 2025/26 · not a comparative safety score

Source: NHS England. About this data

Maternity — patient experience

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC National Maternity Survey, 2025 · scores are relative comparisons against other trusts, not a measure of absolute quality — based on 98 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). A lower score is a prompt to look closer, not proof of poor care.

Response rate
35.6%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
98
Of 276 sampled
Confidence & trust in staff (antenatal care)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Kindness & compassion (labour & birth)
9.2/10
About the same as most trusts
Involved in decisions about care (labour & birth)
8.6/10
About the same as most trusts
Got help from staff when needed (in hospital, after the birth)
7.5/10
About the same as most trusts
Confidence & trust in your midwife (postnatal care at home)
8.7/10
About the same as most trusts
Midwife listened to you (postnatal care at home)
8.9/10
About the same as most trusts

Source: Care Quality Commission — National Maternity Survey. About this data

Hip fracture care (NHFD audit)

National Hip Fracture Database, 2023audit year · "Met best-practice criteria" is the audit's own composite measure of this hospital's hip-fracture care PROCESSES — how quickly patients had surgery, were assessed and mobilised — not a guarantee of any individual patient's outcome. The 30-day mortality figure is case-mix adjusted; small numbers vary year to year. England only.

Met best-practice criteria
49.6%
The audit's own composite hip-fracture care measure
Prompt surgery (day of/after admission)
83.2%
Mobilised by day after surgery
72.5%
Orthogeriatric/medical assessment
60.6%
Falls assessment
76.4%
Bone-health assessment
96.5%
Acute length of stay
16.2 days
Hip fractures treated
284
This audit year — context, not a quality score
30-day mortality (case-mix adjusted)
4.6%
Lower is better · adjusted for patient factors, not a personal risk

Source: National Hip Fracture Database (Royal College of Physicians). About this data

Patient experience — inpatient care

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC Adult Inpatient Survey, 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 528 voluntary respondents (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
45.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
528
Of 1,250 sampled
Quality of information while waiting to be admitted
7.4/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Cleanliness of your room or ward
9.0/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors
9.0/10
National average: 9.0/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the nurses
8.8/10
National average: 8.9/10
About the same as the national average
Enough nurses on duty
7.5/10
National average: 7.6/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care and treatment
7.1/10
National average: 7.2/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough privacy when examined or treated
9.4/10
National average: 9.4/10
About the same as the national average
Given enough notice about when you would leave hospital
6.7/10
National average: 6.9/10
About the same as the national average
Knew what would happen next with your care, before leaving hospital
6.4/10
National average: 6.7/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC Adult Inpatient Survey. About this data

Patient experience — A&E (urgent & emergency care)

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · CQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E), 2024 · scores are 0-10, and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the CQC 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 336 voluntary respondents who attended a major (type 1) A&E department (a question is only shown here where at least 30 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
27.4%
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
336
Of 1,250 sampled
Overall experience of A&E
7.5/10
National average: 7.3/10
About the same as the national average
Told how long you'd wait to be examined
2.0/10
National average: 2.6/10
About the same as the national average
Kept updated on your waiting time
3.4/10
National average: 3.4/10
About the same as the national average
Doctors and nurses listened to you
8.5/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average
Confidence and trust in the doctors and nurses
8.2/10
National average: 8.1/10
About the same as the national average
Involved in decisions about your care
7.6/10
National average: 7.4/10
About the same as the national average
Test results explained before you left
7.8/10
National average: 7.5/10
About the same as the national average
Felt safe around other patients
8.1/10
National average: 7.8/10
About the same as the national average
Told how to care for your condition at home after leaving
7.0/10
National average: 6.8/10
About the same as the national average
Treated with respect and dignity
8.2/10
National average: 8.3/10
About the same as the national average

Source: Care Quality CommissionCQC Urgent & Emergency Care Survey (A&E). About this data

Patient experience — cancer care

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, 2025 · scores are the % of patients giving the most positive answer (and an overall 0–10 rating), and "better"/"worse" means the trust's score falls outside the range expected for a trust of its size (the survey's 95% expected range, centred on the national average) — a statistical-significance test, not a raw ranking. Based on 343 patients treated for cancer by this trust (a question is only shown here where at least 10 people at this trust answered it). England only; response rates vary between trusts.

Response rate
Share of those sampled who responded
Respondents
343
Who took part
Overall rating of care
8.7/10
National average: 8.9/10
Worse than the national average
Cancer diagnosis explained understandably
74%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Easy to contact your main contact person
86%
National average: 84%
About the same as the national average
Involved as much as wanted in treatment decisions
75%
National average: 80%
Worse than the national average
Confidence and trust in the team during hospital care
72%
National average: 78%
About the same as the national average
Always treated with respect and dignity in hospital
88%
National average: 88%
About the same as the national average
Possible side effects explained understandably
69%
National average: 74%
Worse than the national average
Given enough information about signs of cancer returning or spreading
64%
National average: 65%
About the same as the national average
The whole care team worked well together
89%
National average: 89%
About the same as the national average
Got the support needed from your GP practice since diagnosis
46%
National average: 45%
About the same as the national average

Source: NHS England (survey run by Picker on its behalf)National Cancer Patient Experience Survey. About this data

Hip & knee replacement — patient outcomes (PROMs)

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Financial year 2024-25(finalised) · patients having a primary hip or knee replacement voluntarily score their health before and after surgery. The average gain shown is adjusted for differences between patients (case-mix) — it is not a raw before/after difference and not a ranking, so read it alongside the patient numbers.

Hip replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
21.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 21.8
Patients
38
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
97.4%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.42
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale
Knee replacement
Average health gain (adjusted)
18.4
Oxford Score, case-mix-adjusted, 0-48 scale
Raw gain (unadjusted): 18.2
Patients
53
Modelled records — completed the questionnaire before & after
% who improved
100.0%
Oxford Score higher after surgery than before
EQ-5D Index gain (adjusted)
0.36
General health, secondary measure, 0-1 scale

Source: NHS England PROMs (hip & knee replacement). About this data

Diagnostic test waits

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Latest month: June 2026. The operational standard is that under 1% should wait more than 6 weeks.

Waiting 6+ weeks for a test
4.7%
of 4,054 patients on the diagnostic waiting list
TestWaiting list6+ weeks6+ weeks (count)13+ weeks
Flexi Sigmoidoscopy7131.0%228
Colonoscopy31725.6%8123
Gastroscopy20614.1%295
Audiology3874.1%162
MRI6913.2%223
Cystoscopy1092.8%30
Cardiology2741.1%30
Ultrasound1,3770.9%120
CT scan2620.8%20
DEXA Scan1940.0%00
Neurophysiology770.0%00
Respiratory physiology750.0%00
Waiting 6+ weeks for a diagnostic test
All tests combined
0%5%10%Apr 25Jan 264.7%1.1%April 20250.6%May 20250.5%June 20251.1%July 20257.2%August 20259.4%September 20257.1%October 20258.2%November 20252.1%December 20251.5%January 20261.9%February 20265.1%March 20265.5%April 20265.6%May 20264.7%June 2026

Source: NHS England Diagnostic Waiting Times & Activity (DM01). About this data

Safety: infections

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Cases in the 12 months to July 2026. Hospital-onset cases are those most likely acquired in hospital.

InfectionCases (12 mo)Hospital-onset
MRSA bacteraemia22
C. difficile12655
E. coli bacteraemia18513
MSSA bacteraemia6616
Klebsiella bacteraemia347
Pseudomonas bacteraemia164
Hospital-onset cases per month
All infections combined
051015Dec 23Jan 25Jan 261512December 20237January 20247February 20244March 202410April 20249May 20244June 202410July 202410August 20249September 202410October 20246November 20241December 202413January 202510February 20253March 20258April 20255May 20258June 202510July 202511August 20255September 20258October 20256November 20254December 202511January 20269February 20266March 20269April 20266May 20267June 202615July 2026

Source: UK Health Security Agency mandatory surveillance. About this data

Mortality (SHMI)

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · 12 months to Mar 2026.

As expected
0.94
SHMI value (1.00 = as many deaths as expected) · 965 deaths vs 1,025 expected
SHMI over time
Rolling 12-month value
0.900.951.00Dec 18Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26As expected (1.00)0.940.90December 20180.91January 20190.91February 20190.92March 20190.91April 20190.91May 20190.90June 20190.89July 20190.91August 20190.90September 20190.89October 20190.88November 20190.88December 20190.87January 20200.89February 20200.89March 20200.89April 20200.89May 20200.88June 20200.90July 20200.89August 20200.91September 20200.92October 20200.93November 20200.94December 20200.94January 20210.93February 20210.92March 20210.95April 20210.96May 20210.99June 20210.98July 20210.97August 20210.97September 20210.97October 20210.94November 20210.94December 20210.95January 20220.93February 20220.95March 20220.94April 20220.93May 20220.92June 20220.91July 20220.90August 20220.91September 20220.91October 20220.94November 20220.92December 20220.92January 20230.90February 20230.89March 20230.90April 20230.90May 20230.89June 20230.89July 20230.89August 20230.90September 20230.90October 20230.91November 20230.93December 20230.93January 20240.97February 20240.97March 20240.96April 20240.96May 20240.97June 20240.97July 20240.99August 20240.98September 20240.98October 20240.97November 20240.95December 20240.96January 20250.96February 20250.95March 20250.95April 20250.95May 20250.95June 20250.96July 20250.94August 20250.92September 20250.93October 20250.94November 20250.93December 20250.94January 20260.93February 20260.94March 2026

The SHMI compares the number of deaths after hospital care with the number expected given patients' characteristics. It is not a death rate and a higher value is a prompt to investigate, not proof of poor care. Source: NHS England. About this data

Waiting times by specialty

Trust-wide (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) · Data: June 2026 · Source: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics

SpecialtyWaitingWithin 18 wksMedian wait9 in 10 wait under52+ wks65+ wks78+ wks
Cardiology1,69977.3%9.5 wks31.6 wks000
Gynaecology1,69160.3%14.3 wks36.1 wks800
General Surgery1,57072.0%8.9 wks37.4 wks2600
Trauma and Orthopaedic1,42163.9%11.8 wks41.4 wks1800
Ear Nose and Throat1,27365.1%12.7 wks31.1 wks000
Other - Medicals99588.6%7.9 wks19.9 wks000
Neurology96471.4%11.8 wks29.3 wks200
Urology91374.5%9.1 wks33.3 wks500
Gastroenterology76475.1%9.8 wks33.1 wks100
Respiratory Medicine64662.1%11.5 wks34.7 wks000
Other - Paediatrics62971.4%9.7 wks35.7 wks000
Ophthalmology53077.7%7.8 wks29.9 wks000
Oral Surgery44568.1%11.4 wks35.6 wks300
Rheumatology39770.8%9.9 wks33.1 wks000
Other - Surgicals6454.7%16.0 wks35.4 wks000
Plastic Surgery5988.1%4.1 wks24.3 wks000
Elderly Medicine4591.1%5.5 wks18.4 wks000
Dermatology42100.0%3.0 wks11.3 wks000
General Internal Medicine6100.0%5.0 wks7.5 wks000
Other - Others2100.0%9.0 wks14.8 wks000

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Every figure on this page comes from an official publication: NHS England Referral to Treatment statistics, NHS England A&E statistics, and the Care Quality Commission directory. Data periods are shown against each figure — NHS England publishes with a lag of around six weeks. Read the full methodology.