The orthopaedic expertise of the teams at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's Wrighington Hospital are now being used to ensure Greater Manchester’s elective recovery programme can continue to address the back log of surgeries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The hospital, located less than five minutes from junction 27 of the M6, has been selected as one of Greater Manchester’s hubs for orthopaedic surgery, one of a number of hubs across the region providing specialist care and treatment to patients from across the 10 Greater Manchester localities.
Wrightington Hospital has also recently been chosen as a Major Revision Centre for Knee Surgery, further highlighting the expertise and specialisms available.
Silas Nicholls, WWL’s Chief Executive, has welcomed the Trust’s major role in the elective recovery initiative, explaining:
“This is excellent news for patients across Greater Manchester and will go a long way in helping WWL and the wider region to address waiting lists and provide people with the high-quality care they need.
“As an Elective Recovery Hub, it is our intention to maintain our services throughout the year and our facilities will support this. We can ensure continuity for our patients and services, something we weren’t always able to do earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are delighted to be playing our part in this collective effort and we appreciate that the last 18 months have been extremely difficult for people waiting for orthopaedic surgery, but as a dedicated service and site here at Wrightington, we are already making good progress in seeing as many people as possible, albeit this will continue to take some time.
“For patients from other boroughs who might not be familiar with Wrightington Hospital, we are a world leading centre with a large capacity of 11 theatres and six wards. We employ more than 40 of the UK’s leading Orthopaedic Consultants, many of whom also have international reputations for surgical excellence. Wrightington is at the forefront of practice and we’re extremely proud of our exceptional medical and clinical staff.
“As part of the process of being a recovery hub, we are continually recruiting for a range of clinical staff to grow our workforce to be able to provide the level of care our patients deserve. We would welcome registered health care professionals or support workers who want to learn and develop within the speciality to contact us about the variety of roles we have available in our theatres, on our wards or as Allied Health Professionals.”