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Children's Audiology Team The Children’s Audiology Team provides a service for babies, children and young people where there is concern about their hearing or a known hearing loss. We carry out comprehensive hearing assessments which provide information about the levels of sound that children can hear across a range...

Forthcoming Fellowships will be advertised on NHS Jobs website. Please register with NHS Jobs stating your job interest. When any vacancies are being advertised an email will be sent automatically to you. For informal visit to the Unit, please contact: Mr S Bale’s PA, Lucy...

Martha’s Rule: Detecting Deterioration You know yourself or your loved one better than anyone. If you’re worried about a health condition getting worse, talk to us. What is Martha's Rule? WWL has introduced Martha’s Rule to help spot any unexpected signs of deterioration early and give you...

WWL Board of Directors Our Board of Directors operates according to the highest corporate governance standards. It is a unitary board and has a wide range of skills and experience. The non-executive directors have wide-ranging expertise and experience, including backgrounds in finance, audit, primary care and education. The board considers...

Continence Service provides clinical advice and guidance for continence care

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Melissa Jones - Occupational Therapist Degree Apprenticeship Melissa Jones Occupational Therapist Degree Apprenticeship I began working at WWL as a Healthcare Assistant 10 years ago and three years into the job, became a Therapy Assistant working alongside Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. I didn’t...

Charlotte Ward - Sleep Science Apprenticeship Charlotte Ward Sleep Department Manager As part of our recruitment strategy for the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Leigh Infirmary, we felt that the Sleep Service would benefit from further clinical support. A new Sleep Medicine Clinical Support role had already been established during...

Intensive Care Unit / High Dependency Unit At the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, we operate an 11-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU), providing patients and relatives with the highest level of care. This unit cares for patients who require continuous care and complex treatment.  The ICU...

Community Learning Disability Team include assistant practitioners, nurses, and work at Wigan Life Centre, Leigh Sports Village, Platt Bridge Health Centre

The Centre for Hand and Upper Limb Surgery (Upper Limb Unit) at Wrightington Hospital was set up in 1979 by Prof John Stanley who was charged with the development of an upper limb practice dealing with the very large numbers of patients who were attending Professor Sir John Charnley's Unit...

Some of the published research from the Upper Limb Unit: Validation of a global rating scale for shoulder arthroscopy: a pilot study. AC Hoyle, C Whelton, R Umaar, L Funk - Shoulder & Elbow, 2012 - Wiley Online Library The glenoid labrum. C Smith, L Funk - Shoulder & Elbow, 2010 -...

LIMA SMR RCT Title: Radiosteriometric analysis (RSA) of the stability of metal-backed glenoid components in total shoulder arthroplasty Randomised controlled trial comparing two versions of the LIMA SMR metal-backed glenoid component, one of which is coated with hydroxyapatite (HA) Patients listed for anatomical shoulder replacement with LIMA SMR component can...

Upper Limb Research & Education Academic Staff Lindsay Cunningham – Specialist Research Radiographer Katy Boland – Research Physiotherapist Jackie Richardson – Upper Limb Education Courses Administrator Carley Robinson – Bioskills Lab Technician Diane Allmark – Research PA

Anne Page Specialist Occupational Therapist Anne Page graduated in 1999, with a 1st class honours degree in Occupational Therapy. She attained the post of Senior Occupational Therapist at Wrightington Hospital in 2001 where she worked within the Rheumatology Service. In 2003 Anne joined the Upper Limb Team to specialise further in Hand Therapy...

Careers in Therapy Services As a therapist at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you will support a person’s recovery, enabling them to have as much involvement and control over their condition as possible. It is an essential area of our care delivery, and we have...

Pregnancy Related Pain Advice and Guidance

Lower Back Pain Lower Back Pain is a bit of an umbrella term in that in encompasses a wide range of different symptoms including: Pain and stiffness across the lower back area. Pain into the buttocks and sometimes into the legs themselves (often referred to as Sciatica) Pins and needles (...

Hip Pain around the hip can be caused by a number of conditions. It can develop gradually over a period of time such as Osteoarthritis, it can occur suddenly in the form of an acute injury or as a result of under/over exercising and/or sudden changes to our...

Elbow The most likely structures to be a cause of elbow pain are the joints, ligaments or muscle tissue in the surrounding areas. If you have suffered a sudden, acute injury then any of the above could be the cause. A good starting point in this situation is the following...

Labour Information The information here covers all aspects of preparing for and being in labour. What should I pack in my labour bag? https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/preparing-for-the-birth/pack-your-bag-for-labour/ If you are choosing to formula feed your baby then please bring with you pre-prepared bottles of...

Wrightington Hospital Therapy Department Our Therapy Department is based at the Wrightington Hospital site, although the team provide services across all of our three main Hospital sites. There are three professions within the Therapy Team: Physiotherapy Physiotherapy is often used to restore movement and function when someone is...

The Enhanced Recovery Programme This is an evidenced based approach to help people recover more quickly after major surgery. Originally pioneered in Denmark, the programme is now used in most elective surgery centres in the UK. Promoted by the Enhanced Recovery Team of specialist nurses, this is now the established...

Pioneer of Hip Replacement Surgery PROFESSOR SIR JOHN CHARNLEY (1911-1982) Sir John Charnley performed the first total hip replacement operation at Wrightington Hospital in 1962. Educated at Bury Grammar School, his leaning towards the sciences was recognized early by his teachers and he was encouraged to study medicine....

Wrist and Hand The wrist and hand is very complex anatomically. Injuries and pain to the area can originate from a whole host of structures including bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and nerves. Most acute injuries, such as falling onto your hand, can be treated at home by following the PRICE (...

NHS Facilities at Wrightington Hospital Wrightington Hospital is number one in the North West for Orthopaedic Activity and undertake approximately 1000 procedures per month. We specialise in joint replacement surgery of both hand and upper limb, and hip and lower limb, and also adult elective orthopaedics....

Why Choose Wrightington Hospital There are many reasons why Wrightington Hospital is the provider of choice for Orthopaedic Surgery in the North West. We put our patients at the heart of everything we do. We are a Centre of Excellence for Orthopaedic Surgery. We are a dedicated Orthopaedic...

Knee Pain Knee pain can be caused by a number of factors including degenerative changes (Osteoarthritis), acute soft tissue injuries such as muscle strains and ligament sprains, as well as gradual onset symptoms such as a tendinopathy. It is important to remember that even long term conditions such as Osteoarthritis...

Foot and Ankle Problems affecting the Foot and Ankle is a broad topic that can include traumatic injuries that come on suddenly, or more gradual conditions that come on over time. There’s also many factors that can affect the recovery from such problems. If you have suffered an acute (...

Children’s Occupational Therapy Service at WWL NHS

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Benefits of Joining Our Team Our people are important to us. We want to reward hard work and commitment which is why we offer a range of benefits designed to attract, retain, and make you feel valued. Rotations We have an excellent rotation consisting of twelve clinical areas. You will...

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Contact Us Wigan Physiotherapy Department Boston House Wigan Health Centre Frog Lane Wigan WN6 7LB Telephone:  0300 7071113 (Physiotherapy)                    0300 7071112 (MSK CATS) Email: wwl-tr.mskphysio-bostonhouse@nhs.net Platt Bridge Physiotherapy Department Platt Bridge...

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Virtual fracture clinic at WWL NHS

Chronic Pain When medical professionals refer to chronic pain, it is typically to describe pain that has persisted for more than three months. It can be a very debilitating condition, affecting peoples lifestyles if it is not address correctly. In some situations the exact cause of the pain is...

First Contact Practitioners The First Contact Practitioner (FCP) service has been set up to give patients faster access to specialised assessment and treatment of MSK conditions, leading to lower waiting times and better outcomes. The team is made up of specialised physiotherapist that work alongside the GPs in GP clinics...

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Dizziness We are lucky in this area to have a number of physiotherapists who specialise in the assessment and treatment of conditions that can cause Dizziness, these conditions include Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), Labyrinthitis and Meniere's Disease. Information Leaflets for each of these conditions can be found here:...

Children’s Physiotherapy Service at WWL NHS

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Adult MSK Physiotherapy Self-Referral Form Leigh Health Centre

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Adult MSK Physiotherapy Self-Referral Form Boston House

WWL NHS MSK Physiotherapy Service

Boston House provides Ophthalmology Services and community services including physiotherapy