Living and Working in Yorkshire
Harrogate
Harrogate lies centrally to the towns of Knaresborough, Wetherby, Boroughbridge, Otley and the beautiful countryside of Nidderdale and is a fashionable, thriving spa town with superb shopping and recreational facilities. Harrogate is renowned for its two hundred acre stray giving an open, rural feel. It has wonderful Victorian architecture and features numerous contemporary bars, restaurants, a theatre, cinema and sporting facilities.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation trust
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of hospital services to the people of Harrogate and Rural District and also to Ripon, Wetherby and surrounding area. This represents a catchment area of approximately 184,000 people. The Trust was established in 1992, and since that time has been very successful in developing a wide range of high quality local services. Over the same period, the new District Hospital building programme has been completed, providing accommodation of a high standard. The Trust was awarded three stars in the latest national performance ratings for the NHS. Primary Care, Community Services and Mental 
Health Services are provided by the Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust. Specialist tertiary referral services are predominantly provided by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. A range of hospital services are also provided locally in partnership with York Health Services NHS Trust. Consultant staffing covers all the major acute specialties; there are currently 57 full and part time Consultants. The Medical and Elderly Division includes 11 General Physicians, each with a special interest, 2 Haematologists, 2 Rheumatologists and individual Specialists in Dermatology and Neurology. Oncology services are provided through links with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and York Hospitals NHS Trust. There is an active Postgraduate Education Centre with a medical library at Harrogate District Hospital. New purpose-designed accommodation is available with high quality teaching facilities. Each week there is a grand round; CMT curriculum-based education programme; and departmental radiology meeting. There is monthly clinical governance/audit half-day