Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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"NHS hospital and community healthcare for Wigan Borough and specialist patients from further afield"
About Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital and community healthcare for a local population of 329,300. Its five main acute sites are the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wrightington Hospital, Leigh Infirmary, Thomas Linacre Centre and Boston House. Services include emergency care, maternity, medicine, surgery and specialist orthopaedics.
Specialist services reach regional, national and international patients. Wrightington Hospital’s orthopaedic history includes Sir John Charnley’s pioneering total hip replacement work in 1962. Community teams work across Wigan Borough, providing district nursing, health visiting, children’s therapies and rehabilitation, alongside hospital services and video consultations. The trust links its education and training work with Edge Hill University.
How teams are organised
The trust organises its work across Medicine, Surgery, Specialist Services, Estates and Facilities, and Corporate Services. Clinical teams span nursing, medicine, midwifery, pharmacy, healthcare science and allied health professions. They work alongside colleagues in areas including human resources, IT, finance, building services and occupational health.
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