Airedale General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6TD
- Phone
- 01535 652511 (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Airedale General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 14,971 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 7.5 wks | 1,676 |
| Urology | 8.1 wks | 982 |
| Orthopaedics | 10.6 wks | 1,463 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 13.3 wks | 1,339 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 5.9 wks | 630 |
| Oral surgery | 14.7 wks | 417 |
| Plastic surgery | 6.7 wks | 66 |
| General medicine | 12.8 wks | 5 |
| Gastroenterology | 9.9 wks | 826 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 11.8 wks | 1,857 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 6.4 wks | 37 |
| Respiratory medicine | 14.5 wks | 662 |
| Neurology | 10.7 wks | 1,069 |
| Rheumatology | 8.6 wks | 421 |
| Elderly medicine | 6.8 wks | 41 |
| Gynaecology | 14.7 wks | 1,666 |
| Other medical specialties | 7.5 wks | 1,108 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 10.4 wks | 633 |
| Other surgical specialties | 11.0 wks | 70 |
| Other services | 17.5 wks | 3 |
Care Quality Commission rating
Airedale General Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 26 May 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 14 March 2019.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 61.9% of the 6,827 people who went to A&E at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Bradford Royal InfirmaryBradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 9.3 miles | 11.4 wks |
| Wharfedale HospitalLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 10.7 miles | 11.0 wks |
| Burnley General HospitalEast Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | 12.4 miles | 9.4 wks |
| Calderdale Royal HospitalCalderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust | 14.0 miles | 9.6 wks |
| Dewsbury and District HospitalMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | 18.5 miles | 11.7 wks |
| Harrogate District HospitalHarrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust | 19.3 miles | 10.6 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.