Pontefract General Infirmary

Name :

Pontefract General Infirmary

Address  :

Friarwood Lane

Town  :

Pontefract

State  :

West Yorkshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

WF8 1PL

Phone  :

0844 8118110

Fax  :

01924 214929

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Cardiology
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgeon
  • Gynaecology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pain Management
Facilities

Other Facilities

  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI

Description

Some 56000 patients attend our AampE department at Pontefract each year and more than 3000 babies are born at the sites comprehensive inpatient maternity services

In addition we have an elective orthopaedic facility for Pontefract and Wakefield patients requiring elective joint surgery this includes a 40bed ward and two clean air theatres

This is an exciting time for healthcare in Pontefract and Wakefield as we are about to embark on the long awaited build of two new hospitals here The new facilities will enable us to provide healthcare in bright modern and accessible facilities

Work is well underway on our two new stateoftheart hospitals which will transform healthcare services in the area and give local people access to two new firstrate hospitals

Outdated buildings at both Pinderfields General Hospital in Wakefield and Pontefract General Infirmary in Pontefract are being replaced or upgraded to house new high tech facilities designed to provide top quality care for patients

The new hospitals at Pontefract and Wakefield will be joining the excellent modern hospital at Dewsbury to provide high quality care to people throughout mid Yorkshire

You can look forward to the opening of the new hospitals from 2010

In the meantime this section of the Trust website aims to give you more information on the new hospitals and the changes that will take place as they are being built
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