Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust based in West and North Yorkshire, England; it also serves part of East Lancashire.[1]
| Airedale NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Type | NHS trust |
| Hospitals | |
| Chief executive | Foluke Ajayi |
| Website | www |
About
editThe 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 treats over 51,000 each year. An average 2,600 babies are born each year at the Foundation Trust.[1] The Trust achieved Foundation Trust status on 1 June 2010.[2] 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.[3]
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 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted out services.[4]
In 2022 the outstanding maintenance bill was £414 million, the third largest in the English NHS.[5]
Hospitals
editAiredale NHS Foundation Trust currently operates the following hospitals:
- Airedale General Hospital, the Foundation Trust's main hospital in Steeton near Keighley, Airedale.
- Castleberg Hospital, a small Community Hospital in between Settle and Giggleswick in Craven, founded 1834
- Skipton General Hospital, a small Community Hospital in central Skipton, Craven, founded 1899
Additionally the trust provides some services at Coronation Hospital in Ilkley in Wharfedale.[6][7] 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.[8][9]
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. 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.[10]
Performance
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It was awarded Disability Confident Employer status in 2022.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "About us". airedale-trust.nhs.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Quality Account, Page 3" (PDF). airedale-trust.nhs.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Three more trusts snub national pay agreement". Health Service Journal. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "In full: Trusts with staff transfer plans". Health Service Journal. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Appleby, John (11 November 2022). "Chart of the week: The cost of NHS backlog maintenance hits an all-time high". Nuffield Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Urology". airedale-trust.nhs.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Occupational therapy". airedale-trust.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Health chiefs in talks over future of Ilkley's Coronation hospital". Ilkley Gazette. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Debate over future of Coronation Hospital". Telegraph & Argus. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ^ "Support growing for a Telemedicine revolution in home care". homecare.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Airedale NHS trust recognised as 'Disability Confident'". Keighley News. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.