News & Events

Following their amazing fundraising efforts, a local family have made a substantial donation to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) to Three Wishes Cancer Care Fund...

Construction work is set to begin at Wrightington Hospital after Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) received planning approval to construct a new laminar flow theatre...

A Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nurse with over 60 years of NHS service has retired from duty. Norma Newcombe, a school nurse who works from Hindley...

History was made at Leigh Infirmary as Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust delivered the first Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging and Computerised Tomography (CT) scans at the...

A former ward has been transformed into a new Macmillan Supportive and Palliative Care Hub at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary (RAEI), providing new space to support patients and their...

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is pleased to announce the Surgical Hub at Wrightington Hospital has been awarded accreditation by the Getting It Right First...

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is celebrating after colleagues from Wrightington Hospital scooped two wins at the National Orthopaedic Alliance (NOA) Awards Ceremony. Praising the...

  A memorial bench has been unveiled at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) in remembrance of Theo James Wood. Adorned with balloons of his favourite superheroes...

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) has been awarded £11.9m from the national NHS England endoscopy programme to expand and develop its endoscopy services. Endoscopy is...

Anchor institutions in Wigan have officially signed a civic agreement with Edge Hill University, recognising the pivotal roles they play in supporting economic development and enhancing the lives of those...

A night of glitz and glam saw staff from Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) be thanked and recognised for their hard work over the past...

The Daisy Community Midwifery Team from Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is celebrating after winning a national patient safety award. WWL’s Daisy Team won...