WWL is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Parker-Evans as Chief Nursing Officer. “I look forward to supporting the development of our Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Strategy, helping become a flagship organisation for the delivery of excellent care" 📰 Read more about Kevin's appointment here👉 https://shorturl.at/gFuRe
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Hospitals and Health Care
Wigan, England 7,669 followers
The latest updates from WWL. Providing high quality NHS healthcare for our patients across the Wigan Borough.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is the provider of acute hospital services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding area. We provide district general hospital services for the local population of over 318,000. Our specialist orthopaedic services are offered to a much wider regional, national and international catchment area. There are 4,658 members of staff and over 500 volunteers who all play their part in delivering high quality, safe and effective patient care from the following sites: • Royal Albert Edward Infirmary – Our main district general hospital site, located in central Wigan that hosts our Accident and Emergency Department • Wrightington Hospital – A specialist centre of orthopaedic excellence • Leigh Infirmary – An outpatient, diagnostic and treatment centre • Thomas Linacre Centre – A dedicated outpatient centre in central Wigan • WWL Eye Unit – A specialist Ophthalmology unit at Boston House in central Wigan We continue to demonstrate considerable success in improving quality. Mission, Vision and Strategy Service quality remains a key factor that influences patient choice when selecting a care provider and is, therefore, vital to our continued success as a Trust. Following discussions with staff, our Council of Governors and patients, we have adopted a mission, vision and strategy that reflect our strong commitment to quality: • Mission ‘To provide the best quality healthcare for all our patients’ • Vision ‘To be in the top 10% for everything we do’ • Strategy ‘To be safe, effective and caring’ Patient safety always remains our highest priority of all.
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http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/
External link for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Wigan, England
- Type
- Public Company
- Specialties
- Orthopaedics, Fertility, Cardiology, Research, Community Services, Diabetes, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radiology, Opthamology, Emergency Care, Maternity, Maxillo-Facial, Respiratory, and Urology
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Wigan Lane
Wigan, England WN1 2NN, GB
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Hall Lane
Wrightington, England WN6 9EP, GB
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The Avenue
Leigh, England WN7 1HS, GB
Employees at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
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Mustapha Koriba
WWL NHS Foundation Trust Public Governor
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Richard Mundon
Director of Strategy and Planning at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
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PHILIP BURFORD
Trainee Anotomical Pathology Technician
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Nicole Williams CPsychol
Occupational & Coaching Psychologist - Chartered & HCPC registered
Updates
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It's #GreenerAHP Week, a chance for us to highlight how our Allied Health Professionals' work is helping our environment and the adaption they have made within their services to help WWL become more green and help reduce carbon emissions. We welcome you to watch our Therapy Outpatients Team, based at Wrightington Hospital, and let them tell you how they're turning green 💚📽️ Patients travel from across the North West, other areas in the UK and Isle of Man, so increasing our virtual appointments, we will save around 6 tonnes of CO2 gas not entering our atmosphere🚗💨
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We're pleased to announce that visiting times will now be between the hours of 12noon and 8pm across all sites. Interim Chief Nurse, Kev, says: "Visiting times are crucial to the health and wellbeing of our patients as it ensures that people remain connected with their loved ones." Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eCJvi82s
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On average, someone is diagnosed with cancer every 90 seconds in England. Once diagnosed, you are introduced to a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, who are on hand to help you no matter how big or small. Happy #NationalCancerCNSDay💙 🥰 Read more here about how our services impact patients and why Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists are needed: https://shorturl.at/bqV36
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay, a valuable opportunity to champion gender equality in the workplace and celebrate the fantastic achievements of our WWL women! 💜⭐️ 📢 Today we are celebrating and showcasing women from across WWL... take a read😁
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Today on #InternationalWomensDay, WWL is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Fleming as our new Chief Executive. “I remain as passionate about the NHS today as the day I first started with much of my inspiration for delivering quality care coming from my mother who was an NHS Nurse. She was incredibly proud of my achievements, and I was terribly proud of her. I am sure she would be as proud as I am of my leadership journey from Admin Clerk to Chief Executive." You can read more about Mary's appointment here: https://shorturl.at/oKXY0
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We're thrilled to announce that WWL has been named as the cleanest Acute Trust in the country in the latest round of Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) assessments You can read more about our fantastic scores here: https:// shorturl.at/hruGJ
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We're delighted to announce that our doors have opened for a new theatre at Leigh Infirmary, with the site becoming our main centre for breast surgery. Around 2,117 more theatre procedures will take place at the site per year, of which around 300 will be breast cancer surgeries. This exciting development has enabled WWL to build a modern, ultra-clean theatre and provide a new recovery area to support both the new and existing theatres on the site 🏥 You can read more about the brand new theatre, here: https://lnkd.in/eviWs63f
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