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• St Luke’s Hospital has 119 beds and houses the renal dialysis unit.<br />

• Saint Luke's Sound is the hospital radio station serving the patients and staff.<br />

Airedale General Hospital<br />

Airedale Hospital was opened in 1970 by Prince Charles and is an award winning hospital<br />

providing acute, elective and specialist care. The Trust headquarters are at Airedale NHS<br />

Trust, Airedale General Hospital, Skipton Road, Steeton, Keighley, BD20 6TD.<br />

Airedale Trust provides high quality, personalised healthcare for a population of over 200,000<br />

people from a widespread area covering 500 square miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire -<br />

stretching as far as the Yorkshire Dales and the National Park in North Yorkshire, reaching<br />

areas of North <strong>Bradford</strong> and Guiseley in West Yorkshire and extending into Colne and<br />

Pendle in the East of Lancashire.<br />

• Airedale Hospital employ 2100 staff and have 350 committed volunteers<br />

• In a year Airedale Hospital treat 25,000 inpatients, 22,000 day cases and 104,000 out<br />

patient appointments.<br />

• Airedale Hospital Accident and Emergency Department sees and treats over 47,000<br />

patients every year<br />

• Around 2300 babies are born each year at the hospital<br />

There are currently a number of other small hospitals and treatment centres across the<br />

District, which may be replaced by other facilities in time.<br />

6.2.4 Health Centres/GP surgeries<br />

Primary care practitioners such as GPs are not directly employed by the PCT - they run as<br />

independent 'contractors' under the umbrella of the PCT.<br />

There are 89 GP practices (August 2007) in the <strong>Bradford</strong> and Airedale Primary Care Trust<br />

district 61 . Over 70% of GP practices in <strong>Bradford</strong> and Airedale open their doors earlier in the<br />

morning or later at night to offer more flexible appointment times.<br />

A comprehensive list of all GPs, dentists, pharmacists and opticians operating in <strong>Bradford</strong><br />

are included on the website:<br />

http://www.bradford.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/HealthMatters2010.pdf<br />

ADD MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF GP, DENTISTS, PHARMACIES AND OPTICIANS<br />

61 http://www.bradford.nhs.uk/Pages/GPPractices.aspx<br />

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