What Airedale NHS Foundation Trust does

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is a public benefit corporation established under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 that operates Airedale General Hospital in Steeton, Keighley, along with three community hospitals (Castleberg in Settle, Skipton Hospital, and Coronation Hospital in Ilkley) and a Mobile Cancer Unit. It serves a population of more than 200,000 across 700 square miles spanning the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, parts of West Yorkshire, and East Lancashire, delivering acute, elective, specialist, and community healthcare through approximately 32,000+ inpatient treatments, 31,000 non-elective admissions, 155,000 outpatient appointments, 70,000 Emergency Department visits, and 2,000+ births annually with a workforce of over 3,000 staff and 350+ volunteers.

The Trust's product set is a combination of physical clinical services and a digital layer comprising DrDoctor for digital appointment letters and SMS reminders (SMS notifications live from August 2025), Attend Anywhere video consultations across multiple specialties, a Digital Care Hub supporting Ward 15, a Virtual Ward for remote hospital-level care at home, prison telemedicine, and FLOK Health digital MSK support. Process automation is deployed in the Urology cancer team via Robotic Process Automation for prostate cancer test result delivery. The IT estate is anchored by a 12-year Value Partnership with Siemens Healthineers covering imaging, diagnostics, and enterprise services, and includes a GIS-based RAAC management programme built with Esri UK and BIS Consult.

The revenue model is publicly funded NHS healthcare: services are free at the point of use and financed through NHS England allocations, with ancillary income from hospital parking (first 20 minutes free, up to 2 hours £3.30, up to 24 hours £8.70, EV charging £1.50/hour) and a wholly-owned subsidiary, AGH Solutions Ltd., which provides estates, facilities, procurement, car parking, and catering services to the Trust. Customer segments are general public patients, cancer patients, maternity patients, and community service users accessed via NHS referral pathways (GPs, NHS 111, emergency). The Trust was rated 'Requires improvement' by the CQC in March 2019 and is a Wave 1 priority in the national New Hospital Programme to replace the RAAC-built 1960s estate, with new build construction expected to begin in 2028.

Name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Legal name

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Website

https://airedale-trust.nhs.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS acute and community hospital trust operating Airedale General Hospital and three community sites across 700 square miles of Yorkshire and Lancashire, serving 200,000+ residents with over 3,000 staff and a growing digital care layer.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Advocacy, Navigation & Access to Care (BPAGACAH)

Keywords

• Acute hospital services
• Community healthcare services
• Emergency medical care
• Maternity health services
• Cancer treatment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Steeton, Keighley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. NHS Funded Healthcare Services: Publicly funded NHS hospital providing healthcare services free at point of use. Funded through NHS England allocations based on population needs and activity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust provides acute, elective, specialist, and community healthcare services from Airedale General Hospital in Steeton, Keighley, and at multiple community locations. The Trust serves over 200,000 people across 700 square miles spanning Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and East Lancashire, delivering inpatient care, outpatient appointments, emergency services, maternity care, cancer treatment, and digital-enabled clinical services.

Product overview

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust operates a single unified NHS hospital and community services trust providing acute, elective, specialist, and community healthcare. The trust offers a unified platform of clinical services centered around Airedale General Hospital, supplemented by community hospitals (Castleberg, Skipton), and enhanced by digital health products including DrDoctor (digital appointments), Attend Anywhere (video consultations), a Digital Care Hub, Virtual Ward for remote monitoring, a Mobile Cancer Unit, and an Urgent Treatment Centre. The trust also provides specialist telemedicine services for offender health and digital MSK support through FLOK Health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AGH Solutions: Subsidiary company providing estates, facilities and procurement services to Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

Products and services

• Airedale General Hospital Main acute hospital providing acute, elective, specialist, and community care services. Located in Steeton, Keighley, serving over 200,000 people across 700 square miles.
• Castleberg Hospital Community hospital near Settle providing inpatient and outpatient services, including Harden Ward for community care.
• Skipton Hospital Community hospital location providing outpatient services for local residents.
• DrDoctor Digital Appointment Management Digital appointment management platform enabling paperless outpatient appointment letters, SMS notifications, appointment reminders, and patient portal access for appointment viewing.
• Attend Anywhere Video Consultations Web-based video consultation platform providing virtual access to clinical services including community paediatrics, diabetes, ENT, emergency care, oncology, palliative care, and many other specialties.
• Virtual Ward Remote monitoring and virtual care service allowing patients to receive hospital-level care at home, with separate information pages for health professionals and patients.
• Mobile Cancer Unit Mobile cancer screening and diagnostic service bringing cancer care closer to communities in the Airedale, Wharfedale, and Craven areas.
• Urgent Treatment Centre Co-located with the Emergency Department, providing urgent care services for non-life-threatening conditions that need immediate attention but are not serious enough for A&E.
• Telemedicine for Offender Health Prison telemedicine service providing healthcare consultations and medical services to prisoners via video link, reducing the need for prison transport to hospital.
• Digital Care Hub Digital healthcare hub supporting Ward 15, providing technology-enabled care services and coordination for patients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Treats over 32,000 inpatients, 31,000 non-elective patients, and 155,000 outpatients annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• Siemens HealthineerscoreTechnology or Integration · 14 May 202412-year Value Partnership renewal with Siemens Healthineers, building on over 20 years of collaboration. Includes imaging technology, diagnostics, and enterprise services to improve patient care outcomes.
• DrDoctorcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital appointment management platform enabling SMS notifications and digital letter delivery for outpatient appointments. Service went live August 2025.
• Attend Anywhere (NHS)coreTechnology or IntegrationNHS-provided video consultation platform enabling remote patient appointments across multiple clinical specialties.
• Yorkshire Ambulance ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-emergency patient transport service provider helping patients get to planned hospital appointments safely and on time.
• Sheffield Hallam University - Advanced Wellbeing Research CentrestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for Active Together cancer exercise treatment service, designed by Sheffield Hallam University's Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.
• Esri UK and BIS ConsultstrategicTechnology or IntegrationCollaborative partnership for RAAC management programme using GIS mapping and data analytics, won HTN Now Awards 2024/25.
• Clean Eats KitchenminorOthersPartnership with Keighley-based Clean Eats Kitchen to increase hospital food offerings to staff, patients and visitors with macro-based meal prep.
• The Healthy Food CompanyminorOthersPartnership for providing nutritious children's meals at the hospital, developed by The Healthy Food Company.
• AGH Solutions Ltd.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSubsidiary company providing estates, facilities and procurement services to the Trust. Handles construction, car parking, catering and facilities management.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: One of the largest UK teaching hospital trusts, providing tertiary and specialist services that Airedale patients are referred into; a broader incumbent with overlapping catchment in West Yorkshire acting as the regional referral hub.
• Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust: Large NHS Foundation Trust formed from Salford, Oldham, Rochdale, and Bury - a broader incumbent spanning Greater Manchester and parts of Lancashire with overlapping referral flows for the Colne/Pendle portion of Airedale's catchment.

Direct peers

• Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: West Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust running multiple acute hospital sites with a similar mix of emergency, planned, and community care, closely comparable in organizational form and patient population profile.
• Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: NHS Foundation Trust running multi-site acute and community services in a largely rural Yorkshire/Nottinghamshire catchment, broadly comparable in service breadth and population profile.
• Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Neighbouring acute NHS Foundation Trust serving the Bradford area of West Yorkshire with similar district general hospital services including emergency, maternity, and specialist care; directly comparable to Airedale in scale, organizational form, and patient population.
• North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust: Trust operating rural North Cumbria hospital services at comparable scale to Airedale, including community and acute care across a geographically dispersed population.
• York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: NHS Foundation Trust operating across North Yorkshire with hospital and community services comparable to Airedale's service portfolio, including similar rural/semi-rural catchment characteristics.
• Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust: Multi-site NHS Trust delivering acute and community services across West Yorkshire with similar patient volumes and a comparable digital transformation agenda to Airedale.
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust: NHS Trust covering East Lancashire - directly overlaps part of Airedale's catchment (Pendle and Colne areas) and operates similar acute, community, and specialist services at comparable scale and form.
• Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust: NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community services across North Yorkshire; highly comparable in scale, geographic catchment (rural), and integrated hospital-and-community service mix to Airedale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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