Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

Calderdale & Huddersfield Foundation Trust (CHFT) is proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and we currently hold silver status on the Employer Recognition scheme. We recognise the value serving personnel, veterans and military families bring to our workforce and we commit to support the Armed forces community.  The Armed Forces Staff network was launch in January 2020 and would like to encourage all new employees and their families to get involved. As an employer we support the Reserves by providing 5 days paid leave for all Reserves to support their training commitments, have Occupational Health support at all stages of the recruitment process as well as throughout your employment. CHFT are also accredited with Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA) and signed to the National Step into Health campaign.  

About us

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated trust. The trust has approximately 800 beds and 6,000 staff. In 2018/19 we cared for more than 119,000 men, women and children as inpatients (stayed at least one night) or day cases. There were also over 440,000 outpatient attendances; over 150,000 accident and emergency attendances and over 5,000 babies delivered. There were some 260,000 adult services contacts by our community teams as well as 283,000 contacts with our therapy services.  At CHFT we are all about delivering compassionate care and creating an organisation known for one culture of care.  This is demonstrated in our people’s strategy 'The Cupboard'.