Pinderfields Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

The original acute hospital in Wakefield was established as part of the Stanley Royd Hospital and opened on 8 March 1900.

[1] The name derives from the Pinder of Wakefield, the townsmen in charge of impounding stray animals who were tasked with ensuring that no-one dare trespass on Wakefield under their watchful eyes.

The new hospital, which was designed by the Building Design Partnership[2] and built by Balfour Beatty,[3] cost around £150 million.

[6] In January 2018, with overcrowding becoming a serious issue at many hospitals, patients were pictured sleeping on the bare floors of Pinderfields Hospital.