Barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
84% 
Page structure
98% 
Link structure
93% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.28 s
File size
57.80 kB
Words
534
Media files
13
Number of links
72 internal / 10 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Homepage | Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The length of the page title is perfect. (476 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: United States of America
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain name is very long.
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

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GeneratorDrupal 11 (https://www.drupal.org)
MobileOptimizedwidth
HandheldFriendlytrue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1.0
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@Barnshospital
twitter:site:id46354716
twitter:imagehttps://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/themes/custom/bbd_classy/images/600x200.jpeg
og:imagehttps://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/themes/custom/bbd_classy/images/600x200.jpeg
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
These Typos were found:
  • accessable => accessible
This page contains 534 words. That's ok.
31.5% of the text are stop words.
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
8 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 19.55 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 11 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
This page is optimized perfectly for social networks.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
/themes/custom/bbd_classy/images/r-logo.svgHome
...barnsley_59.jpg?h=97c6bf54&itok=ThqZO8O4Two nurses stand looking at the screen of a laptop
...es/2023-03/barnsley_-_graphic_device.pngProud to care
...t/files/2026-07/frailty_sdec_opening.jpgThe ribbon cutting at the doors of the new frailty SDEC unit.
/sites/default/files/2026-01/ta_b2176.jpgGroup of clinical staff and health commissioners pose with Health Secretary Wes Streeting in front of the Alhambra Outpatients unit
...reen-06-fb-1200x628-od.jpg?itok=iE7ZpjCu"Yes I do" organ donation graphic
...ing_fb_1200x630_d_1_a2.jpg?itok=klvSnHZOGive blood campaign graphic
...lic/2023-03/bhc-jessie.jpg?itok=aRAomLGTHospital staff passes a stuffed toy to a young patient
...lic/2023-03/accessable.png?itok=ekkrDvmYAccessAble
...ity_confident_employer.png?itok=I_NJ-Ut0Disability Confident Employer
...-03/veteran_aware_logo.png?itok=FqzlLZFgVeteran Aware Logo
...blic/2024-08/smokefree.png?itok=nIe84hQ3Smokefree Employer logo
...rd-brand-mark-bronze_0.png?itok=wyYhHEPXInvestors in people bronze award

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Barnsley Hospital
The H1 heading is too short (17 characters). It should be at least 20 Characters long.
Headings
(Important)
The heading structure is perfect.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Barnsley Hospital
H2 Main navigation
H2 What are you looking for?
H2 Services
H2 Contact Us
H2 Work for us
H2 Staying in hospital
H2 Outpatients
H2 Visiting
H2 Recent News
H2 Ratings and reviews
H2 Organ donation
H2 Give blood
H2 Donate to our charity
H2 Footer Column 1
H2 Footer Column 2
H2 Footer Column 3
H2 Footer Column 4
H2 Utility links
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 10 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
/Anchor Skip to main content
/IMG-ALT Home
/aboutAbout Us
/servicesServices
/patientsPatients
/visitingVisiting
/get-involvedGet Involved
/careersCareers
/contact-usContact us
/newsNews
/research-and-developmentResearch
/servicesServices We have listed all of our services and their different names in our extensive A to Z listing.
/contact-usContact Us Call 01226 730000 for general enquiries. Use our A-Z of services to find the number for a specific ward or department.
/careersWork for us We are ordinary people doing extraordinary things. We have a role for everyone. We are the NHS.
/patients/staying-in-hospitalStaying in hospital Information and advice if you are staying at our hospital as an inpatient.
/node/47Outpatients What you need to know if you are coming for an appointment with us.
/visitingVisiting We welcome all visitors to Barnsley Hospital - we recognise the valuable role family and friends play in the person-centred care of patients.
/newsView all news
/news/barnsley-hospital-celebr...Barnsley Hospital celebrates opening of dedicated Frailty Same Day Emergency Care service
/news/health-secretary-wes-str...Health Secretary Wes Streeting officially opens Barnsley’s trailblazing ‘Health on the High Street’ hub 
/news/barnsley-hospital-news-a...Barnsley Hospital News Autumn 2026
/news/barnsley-hospital-suppor...Barnsley Hospital supports more expectant parents to quit smoking as rates fall to record low
/news/join-us-our-annual-gener...Join us at our Annual General Meeting on 29 September
https://www.nhs.uk/services/ho...External Ratings and reviews Hearing about the experience you had at our hospital is very important. It enables us to pass compliments to our staff on your behalf and...
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/External Subdomain Image Organ donation Organ donation is the gift of an organ to help someone who needs a transplant. Thousands of lives in the UK are saved or transformed eac...
IMG-ALT "Yes I do" organ donation graphic
https://www.blood.co.uk/External Subdomain Image Give blood We need 135,000 new donors each year. Could it be you? Register today.
IMG-ALT Give blood campaign graphic
https://www.barnsleyhospitalch...External Subdomain Image Donate to our charity Donations made to Barnsley Hospital Charity make a very real difference to thousands of patients' lives each and every year.
IMG-ALT Hospital staff passes a stuffed toy to a young patient
https://www.accessable.co.uk/o...External Subdomain Image
IMG-ALT AccessAble
https://www.gov.uk/government/...External Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT Disability Confident Employer
/node/427Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT Veteran Aware Logo
/node/162Text duplicate Image
IMG-ALT Smokefree Employer logo
/Anchor Skip to Footer
/a-zAlphabetical content
/a-za
/a-zb
/a-zc
/a-zd
/a-ze
/a-zf
/a-zg
/a-zh
/a-zi
/a-zj
/a-zl
/a-zm
/a-zn
/a-zo
/a-zp
/a-zr
/a-zs
/a-zt
/a-zu
/a-zv
/a-zw
/a-zx
/a-zy
/aboutAbout Barnsley Hospital
/about/how-we-are-run/board-of...Board of Directors
/about/how-we-are-run/council-...Governors
/about/our-publicationsPublications
/accessibility-statementAccessibility Statement
/about-us/our-locations/commun...Community Diagnostic Centre
/visitingText duplicate Visiting
/careersText duplicate Careers
/careers/working-at-barnsley-h...Working at Barnsley Hospital
/careers/nursingNursing careers
/careers/apprenticeshipsApprenticeships
/user/loginStaff Login
/privacy-noticePrivacy policy
/statement-modern-slaveryModern slavery
/freedom-information-requestsFOI requests
/subject-access-requestsSubject access requests
/surveillance-camerasSurveillance cameras
/cookie-policyCookie policy
/node/7/printable/printNew window Print this page
https://www.facebook.com/barns...External Subdomain A-TITLE Facebook
https://x.com/barnshospitalExternal A-TITLE Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/barn...External Subdomain A-TITLE Instagram
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain A-TITLE LinkedIn
/accessibility-statementAccessibility
/cookie-policyCookie Policy
/statement-modern-slaveryText duplicate Modern slavery

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.28 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (58 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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content-typetext/html; charset=utf-8
dateTue, 13 Oct 2026 19:24:50 GMT
servernginx
cache-controlmax-age=3600, public
x-drupal-dynamic-cacheUNCACHEABLE (poor cacheability)
content-languageen
expiresSun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
last-modifiedTue, 13 Oct 2026 19:24:50 GMT
etagW/"1791919490"
x-frame-optionsSAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000; includeSubdomains; preload
permissions-policyinterest-cohort=()
content-encodinggzip
varyAccept-Encoding,Cookie
x-cacheHit from cloudfront
via1.1 8ca6d808eca447f641ca06cbc81bf1e2.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
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http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 92 referring domains.
This page has 220 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 82 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

#
# robots.txt
#
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
#
# This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host:
# Used:    http://example.com/robots.txt
# Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt
#
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html

User-agent: *
# CSS, JS, Images
Allow: /core/*.css$
Allow: /core/*.css?
Allow: /core/*.js$
Allow: /core/*.js?
Allow: /core/*.avif
Allow: /core/*.gif
Allow: /core/*.jpg
Allow: /core/*.jpeg
Allow: /core/*.png
Allow: /core/*.svg
Allow: /core/*.webp
Allow: /profiles/*.css$
Allow: /profiles/*.css?
Allow: /profiles/*.js$
Allow: /profiles/*.js?
Allow: /profiles/*.avif
Allow: /profiles/*.gif
Allow: /profiles/*.jpg
Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg
Allow: /profiles/*.png
Allow: /profiles/*.svg
Allow: /profiles/*.webp
# Directories
Disallow: /core/
Disallow: /profiles/
# Files
Disallow: /README.md
Disallow: /composer/Metapackage/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/ProjectMessage/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
Disallow: /composer/Plugin/VendorHardening/README.txt
Disallow: /composer/Template/README.txt
Disallow: /modules/README.txt
Disallow: /sites/README.txt
Disallow: /themes/README.txt
# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /comment/reply/
Disallow: /filter/tips
Disallow: /node/add/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /user/register
Disallow: /user/password
Disallow: /user/login
Disallow: /user/logout
Disallow: /media/oembed
Disallow: /*/media/oembed
# Paths (no clean URLs)
Disallow: /index.php/admin/
Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/
Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips
Disallow: /index.php/node/add/
Disallow: /index.php/search/
Disallow: /index.php/search?
Disallow: /index.php/user/password
Disallow: /index.php/user/register
Disallow: /index.php/user/login
Disallow: /index.php/user/logout
Disallow: /index.php/media/oembed
Disallow: /index.php/*/media/oembed

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Hospital79%Check
Barnsley Hospital79%Check
Barnsley75%Check
Barnsley Hospital NHS73%Check
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation66%Check
Barnsley Hospital News65%Check
Hospital News60%Check
Hospital Charity60%Check
NHS59%Check
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust59%Check

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