Pinderfields Hospital hosts their first careers day for local school children

Pinderfields Hospital hosted its first careers day event for pupils across Wakefield last week.

Pupils in years 8 to 11, from schools across Wakefield and Kirklees, visited the hospital on April 23 for the first-of-its-kind event.

School pupils from across Wakefield visited Pinderfields Hospital's first careers day event.

placeholder image — School pupils from across Wakefield visited Pinderfields Hospital's first careers day event.

The day aimed to showcase the wide range of teams and career pathways that the Wakefield hospital offers.

Across the site, there were a variety of interactive elements for attendees to try, including spirometry testing, plaster cast demonstrations and CPR practice.

In total, around 120 students attended the event, supported by their parents, carers and siblings.

On the event, one parent said: “We met some fabulous, passionate people and learned a lot about areas of the NHS that we didn’t already know about.

"It has given my daughter lots of ‘food for thought,’ and we sincerely hope that this will become an annual event so that she can keep coming back the further along her education she gets.”