MD Giessen 1873; LFPS Glasg and LM 1873; LSA Lond 1873; LRCP Edin and LM 1874; FRCS Edin 1882.
Bailey was honorary consultant physician to Sheffield Public Hospital for Skin Diseases and MOH for Marple. He was a member of the Manchester Medico-Ethical Society and the Royal Medical and Obstetrical Societies.