Hdft.nhs.uk - SEO Checker

Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
91% 
Page quality
79% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
25% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.37 s
File size
84.80 kB
Words
541
Media files
0
Number of links
190 internal / 4 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
The length of the page title is perfect. (400 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
The length of the meta description is perfect. (400 pixels out of 1000 max pixel length)
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/
There is more than one canonical link on this page.
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 is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
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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theme-color#0e81c5
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article:modified_time2025-12-22T09:03:41+00:00
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twitter:site@HarrogateNHSFT
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og:descriptionHarrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
og:urlhttps://www.hdft.nhs.uk/
og:site_nameHarrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
Words from the H1 heading are not used in the page content.
The average number of words per sentence of 26.5 words is high.
This page contains 541 words. That's ok.
23.8% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
5 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The following tag is repeated too often: posted in: announcements
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
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

No media files were found.

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England
Too many H1 headings
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England
H1 Patient Portal – Patients Know Best
H1 Ticketless car parking at Harrogate District Hospital
H1 Hospital visitor guidance
H2 Getting here
H2 Car parking
H2 Coming to hospital?
H2 Visiting times
H2 Telephone 01423 885959
H2 Latest from our Trust
H3 Find a Hospital and other useful links
H3 Useful links for patients & visitors
H3 A-Z of services
H3 Popular services
H3 A-Z of consultants
H3 A-Z of services Duplicate text
H3 Popular services Duplicate text
H3 A-Z of consultants Duplicate text
H3 Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity
H3 Why not work with us?
H3 Governance
H3 Online Payment System
H3 New Staff Intranet
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are 4 external links on this page.
LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/Anchor Skip to content
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/about/About us
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/news/News
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/careers/Careers
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/contact/CONTACT US
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/Team HDFT, at our best
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/Home
/hospitals/Hospital & Community
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Harrogate District Hospital
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Getting here
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Getting here
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Car parking
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Car parking
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Harrogate District Hospital Map and Directions
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Harrogate District Hospital Map and Directions
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Visiting times
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Visiting times
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Shops and cafes
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Shops and cafes
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Departments
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Departments
/patients/appointments/Cancellations
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Cancellations
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Wards
A-TITLE Harrogate District Hospital - Wards
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Ripon Community Hospital
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Getting here
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Getting here
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Car parking
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Car parking
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Visiting times
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Visiting times
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Shops and cafes
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Shops and cafes
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Departments
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Departments
/patients/appointments/Text duplicate Cancellations
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Cancellations
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Wards
A-TITLE Ripon Community Hospital - Wards
/hospitals/community-services/Community Services
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/patients/Patients and Visitors
/patients/harrogate-and-rural-...Harrogate and Rural District Community Anchors
/patients/preparing-for-surgery/Preparing for Surgery
/patients/swap-stop-lets-treat...Swap & Stop Smoking Services
/patients/patient-portal/Patient Portal – Patients Know Best
/patients/in-an-emergency/Is it an emergency?
/patients/patient-choice-choos...Patient choice – Choosing another hospital
/patients/appointments/Cancel or change an appointment
/patients/waiting-list-validat...Waiting List Validation System
/patients/patient-initiated-fo...Patient Initiated Follow up (PIFU)
/patients/inpatients/Inpatients
/patients/outpatients/Outpatients
/patients/visitor-information/Information for visitors
/patients/visiting-times/Wards, units and visiting times
/patients/patient-leaflets/Patient leaflets
/patients/our-commitment/Our commitment to you
/patients/patient-experience/Patient Experience Team
/patients/join-the-volunteer-r...Join HDFT’s Volunteer Reading Group
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/services/Services
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/services/emergency-department/Accident and Emergency
/services/cancer-services/Cancer Services
/services/maternity-services/Maternity Services
/services/childrens-services/Children’s Services
/consultants/Consultants
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/consultants/?letter=VV
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https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/Text duplicate Home
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Text duplicate Harrogate District Hospital
A-TITLE Hospital & Community - Harrogate District Hospital
/hospitals/ripon-community-hos...Text duplicate Ripon Community Hospital
A-TITLE Hospital & Community - Ripon Community Hospital
/hospitals/community-services/Text duplicate Community Services
A-TITLE Hospital & Community - Community Services
/patients/harrogate-and-rural-...Text duplicate Harrogate and Rural District Community Anchors
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/patients/preparing-for-surgery/Text duplicate Preparing for Surgery
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Preparing for Surgery
/patients/swap-stop-lets-treat...Text duplicate Swap & Stop Smoking Services
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Swap & Stop Smoking Services
/patients/patient-portal/Patient Portal - Patients Know Best
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Patient Portal - Patients Know Best
/patients/in-an-emergency/Text duplicate Is it an emergency?
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Is it an emergency?
/patients/patient-choice-choos...Patient choice - Choosing another hospital
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Patient choice - Choosing another hospital
/patients/appointments/Text duplicate Cancel or change an appointment
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Cancel or change an appointment
/patients/waiting-list-validat...Text duplicate Waiting List Validation System
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Waiting List Validation System
/patients/patient-initiated-fo...Text duplicate Patient Initiated Follow up (PIFU)
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Patient Initiated Follow up (PIFU)
/patients/inpatients/Text duplicate Inpatients
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/patients/outpatients/Text duplicate Outpatients
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/patients/visitor-information/Text duplicate Information for visitors
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Information for visitors
/patients/visiting-times/Text duplicate Wards, units and visiting times
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Wards, units and visiting times
/patients/patient-leaflets/Text duplicate Patient leaflets
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Patient leaflets
/patients/our-commitment/Text duplicate Our commitment to you
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Our commitment to you
/patients/patient-experience/Text duplicate Patient Experience Team
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Patient Experience Team
/patients/join-the-volunteer-r...Join HDFT's Volunteer Reading Group
A-TITLE Patients and Visitors - Join HDFT
/services/?letter=AText duplicate A
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https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/about/Text duplicate About us
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/news/Text duplicate News
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/careers/Text duplicate Careers
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/contact/Text duplicate CONTACT US
/news/fit-for-the-future-the-1...Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England
/patients/patient-portal/Text duplicate Patient Portal – Patients Know Best
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Ticketless car parking at Harrogate District Hospital
/news/hospital-visitor-guidance/Hospital visitor guidance
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Text duplicate Getting here
/hospitals/harrogate-district-...Text duplicate Car parking
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/patients/Coming to hospital?
/patients/visiting-times/Text duplicate Visiting times
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/contact/Other ways to contact us
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/hhcc/Support us
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/hhcc/Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/careers/Jobs at the Trust
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/careers/Why not work with us?
/about/council-of-governors/Council of Governors
/about/council-of-governors/Governance
/online-payment-system/Online Payments
/online-payment-system/Online Payment System
https://nhs.sharepoint.com/sit...External Subdomain New Staff Intranet
https://nhs.sharepoint.com/sit...External Subdomain Text duplicate New Staff Intranet
/news/categories/announcements/Announcements
/news/hdft-consultant-awarded-...HDFT consultant awarded King’s Ambulance Medal in New Year Honours
/news/categories/announcements/Text duplicate Announcements
/news/maternity-services-at-ha...Maternity Services at Harrogate District Hospital upgraded by healthcare regulator
https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/news/More News
http://facebook.com/HarrogateD...External No Text
http://twitter.com/HarrogateNHSFTExternal No Text
/privacy-notices/Privacy Notices
/freedom-of-information/Freedom of Information
/help/cookies/Cookies
/accessibility/Accessibility

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.37 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (85 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 82 referring domains.
This page has 1,039 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 76 different ip addresses.

Robots.txt

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Most important keywords

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

KeywordResultRecheck
NHS69%Check
Harrogate District NHS67%Check
Harrogate66%Check
Harrogate District65%Check
Harrogate District NHS Foundation65%Check
NHS Foundation Trust63%Check
District62%Check
District NHS Foundation Trust62%Check
Trust61%Check
Foundation Trust60%Check

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