Facilities
- Baby Changing and Breast Feeding
All of our hospitals offer baby changing and breastfeeding facilities. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust believes that breastfeeding is the healthiest way for a woman to feed her baby and recognises the important health benefits now known to exist for both mother and her child.
The Trust has recently been awarded Wigan Council's Breastfeeding Friendly Award. WWL joins 150 Wigan businesses who have already received this award. This means that as a Breastfeeding Friendly Hospital, a commitment has been made to promote, support and protect breastfeeding.Breastfeeding affords significant short and long term benefits to the mother and baby. The Trust, as a healthcare provider, pledges to prioritise the protection of breastfeeding when ever possible.
It is recognised that each mother and baby will have very individual needs. Staff will assess these needs, and plan with the family, how breastfeeding can be sustained during the mother's visit or stay in hospital.
This initiative is part of the wider healthy hospital scheme and is undertaken in partnership with NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan / Wigan Council. Alison Healey, Breastfeeding Strategic Support and Commissioning Lead, NHSALW has worked with the Trust to support their achievement of the award and states:
'The Breastfeeding Friendly Award is a very positive step towards the support of Breastfeeding families. Breastfeeding provides major short term and long term health and psychological benefits to both mother and baby. Families will be greatly reassured that staff within the Trust will support their continuation of breastfeeding during their visit or stay at the Trust'.
In association with NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan, our Midwifery Team have launched a new breastfeeding information website.
This website is aimed at antenatal and postnatal mothers to give breastfeeding information. Mothers can sign up to the website to support breastfeeding in addition to giving us feedback and help us to improve our service.
- Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care
The Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Department is responsible for the pastoral, spiritual and religious well-being of all those whose lives brings them in contact with the Trust, be that staff, patients or relatives and carers.
A huge task, but one which lots of other people throughout the hospital all contribute in many ways. As a Team we cover all the sites of the Trust and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in emergencies; operating two on-call rotas – one for Roman Catholic patients and one for everyone else.We are there for everybody of all faiths and beliefs, and those of none, respecting the equality and diversity of individuals, as well as working within boundaries laid out in the national Chaplaincy documents. We try to visit the wards on a regular basis but a lot of our work also comes from referrals. So if you know someone who is in hospital or coming into hospital please do, with their permission, let us know.
So who are we? The Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Department consists of:
Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care Manager: Rev Canon Anne Edwards
Chaplain: Rev Michele Ryan
Assistant Chaplain: Deborah Cooper
Assistant Chaplain: Rev Caroline TraceyThere are also volunteers who visit the wards, some of whom are authorised to take Holy Communion. Local clergy help out with the on-call rota at times and we have contacts from other faith and belief groups who we call on if needed.
Please feel free to contact us for any reason if you think we can be of help. A message can be left on telephone number 01942 822324 and we will get back to you as soon as possible. In an emergency the chaplain on-call can be bleeped via switchboard.
- Shops
There are shop facilities at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (RAEI), Leigh Infirmary and the Thomas Linacre Centre (TLC). Opening times differ and are as follows:
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (Wigan Infirmary)
Monday to Friday 7.30 am - 7.30 pm
Saturday and Sunday 8.00 am - 7.30 pmLeigh Infirmary
8.00 am - 4.00 pmThomas Linacre Centre
7.45 am - 3.45 pmOut of hours
There are vending machines offering hot and cold drinks as well as snacks.
The shops facilities offer a range of merchandise such as hot and cold drinks and snacks.For more information call 01942 244000 or email us directly using the following address: patient.relations@wwl.nhs.uk
- Trust Facilities
Staff and Visitors Restaurant Opening Times
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (Wigan Infirmary)
8.00 am - 11.00 am Breakfast
12.00 noon - 2.00 pm LunchWrightington
9.00 am – 1.30 pm Breakfast and Lunch
There is no restaurant at Leigh.
All diets are catered for , please ask a member of the Catering staff for advice on Allergens.