Wrightington Hospital

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Wrightington Hospital
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
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Wrightington Hospital
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Geography
Location Wrightington, Lancashire, England
Coordinates 53°35′23″N2°42′41″W / 53.5897°N 2.7115°W / 53.5897; -2.7115
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Community hospital
Services
Emergency department No
History
Founded1933
Links
Website www.wwl.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The facility was built as a private house known as Wrightington Hall, which was completed in 1748 and extended in 1860. [1] [2] In 1918 the building was acquired for £16,473 by Lancashire County Council, who converted it, for the cost of £129,520, into a hospital. [3] It officially opened as a facility for the treatment of tuberculosis on 16 June 1933. [3] After the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it specialised in hip and orthopedic surgery and rheumatology. [4] This work was led by Sir John Charnley who was one of the pioneers of the modern hip replacement operation [5] and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery." [6]

A new orthopedic centre and theatre complex built for £18 million opened in December 2015. [7] [8] The trust secured planning permission for an additional 33,000 sq ft extension to the hospital in September 2018. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Wrightington Hall, including attached north service wing (1361885)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J (1911). "'Townships: Wrightington', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6". London: British History Online. pp. 169–178. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 "The History of Wrightington Hospital". Hip Knee Clinic. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Wrightington Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. ↑ Wroblewski, B. M. (2002). "Professor Sir John Charnley (1911-1982)". Rheumatology. 41 (7): 824–825. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/41.7.824 . PMID   12096235.
  6. ↑ Brand, R. A. (2010). "Biographical Sketch: Sir John Charnley MD, 1911–1982". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 468 (12): 3147–3148. doi:10.1007/s11999-010-1547-6. PMC   2974887 . PMID   20852975.
  7. ↑ "Wigan NHS chiefs outline blueprint for hospital". Wigan Today. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Revolutionary £18m orthopaedic centre opens its doors at Wrightington Hospital, Wigan". Manchester Evening News. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Interserve lined up for Wrightington Hospital extension". Place North West. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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