Our services at Pontefract

Pontefract Hospital is a modern, purpose-built hospital that opened in 2011 on the site of the old Pontefract General Infirmary. It provides a wide range of services, including urgent care, planned surgery, diagnostics, and rehabilitation, all in a welcoming and easy-to-navigate environment.

Our Urgent Treatment Centre, open since 2018, is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is run by experienced GPs and highly skilled nurses who treat a wide range of minor illnesses and injuries. You can also be booked directly into the UTC if you call NHS 111, making it easier to get the right care quickly.

Pontefract is one of the Trust’s main centres for planned treatment, carrying out more than 20,000 surgical procedures every year across specialties such as cancer care, plastic surgery, and colorectal surgery. The hospital also delivers over half of all the Trust’s eye surgery.

Our Elective Orthopaedic Suite has 18 beds and is dedicated to planned orthopaedic surgery, performing around 2,000 operations each year, including hip and knee replacements and foot and ankle procedures.

Pontefract offers a wide range of diagnostic services, including MRI and CT scans. Each year, more than 34,000 patients are supported through our Therapy and Rehabilitation Institute, which provides physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and podiatry.

The hospital also has a Kidney Dialysis Unit, run by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, helping patients access dialysis closer to home. GP out-of-hours and evening/weekend appointments are also available through local providers.

Every year, more than 250,000 patients are cared for at Pontefract Hospital, including:

• 43,308 visits to the Urgent Treatment Centre

• 18,500 day case surgeries

• Over 1,000 elective inpatient procedures

• Over 5,000 surgical pre-assessments

• Over 100,000 outpatient appointments

• Over 34,000 therapy sessions