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Maternity Self Referral Form for Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh If you have any difficulties using the Maternity booking form, please contact your own GP or local community midwife team. The information provided will only be accessed by the maternity team in order to protect your confidentiality.   This is an...

Physiotherapy, MSK, Musculoskeletal, referral

Adult MSK Physiotherapy Self-Referral Form Leigh Health Centre

Adult MSK Physiotherapy Self-Referral Form Platt Bridge

Adult MSK Physiotherapy Self-Referral Form Boston House

      Welcome to WWL’s Maternity Information Hub You can self refer for care in your pregnancy using the link below - you do not need to go through your GP.   Self Referral Form ***There have been some issues Trust wide receiving referrals.  If you referred...

Welcome to the Ophthalmology Department at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL). Our mission is simple: to protect, restore, and improve your vision. Who We Are Our team includes: Consultant Ophthalmologists Associate Specialists & Specialty Doctors Ophthalmic Practitioners Orthoptists & Optometrists Ophthalmic Technicians Dedicated Nursing &...

The private wing of Wrightington hospital stands in pleasant open countryside between Southport and Wigan. Located just half a mile from junction 27 of the M6 motorway, the hospital is readily accessible by road.

We are a small team made up of two Early Years Health and Development Practitioners. The Early Years Health and Development Practitioners provide support and advice to families for children up to the age of five with a significant development delay

Health Visiting Service

School Nursing Service, Students, High School, Primary School, Children, Young People, SEND, Drop-In, Clinic in a Box

Children’s Physiotherapy Service at WWL NHS

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 (...

Support and Training   Advice Line Worried about your child's communication? Want advice? Speak to one of our team on our helpline. Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 9am-12pm 0300 707 1478   1:1 Online Communication Consultation Sessions Half hour virtual slots for parents or SEN staff. Children/young people do not need an open...

FOI Disclosure Log

Continence Service provides clinical advice and guidance for continence care

Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT) We provide holistic family centered nursing care, support and advice for children and young people with an acute, chronic or complex healthcare need. We offer nursing care for children from birth to 16 years. Although we can continue to provide care to young people aged...

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...

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

Surgeons from the UK and around the world who are undertaking training at Wrightington are at the end of or beyond their formal training programme - they represent the very best of surgeons in training. The Upper Limb Unit has ten Fellows and two SpR's - Usually of year 5/6 level....

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...

Web Site Accessibility Browser Settings including text size, colour. Information on accessing trust services with wheelchair access, mobility aids, hearing loops, british sign language interpreters, assistance dogs, special requirements

Children's Speech and Language Therapy

Patient Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) We’re changing the way we deliver outpatient care to better suit you. We’re putting you in control and giving you more choice over how and when you access your care so it’s easier and more convenient to receive specialist care in a way...

Shoulder The shoulder is a very complex structure and shouldn’t be looked at as just the shoulder joint. The shoulder complex includes the ball and socket (Glenohumeral) joint, the scapula (shoulder blade) and its joint with the rib cage, as well as the Clavicle (collar bone) and its attachments...

Pregnancy Related Pain Advice and Guidance

Local Offer What the Speech and Language Therapy service does Our aim is to provide a high-quality speech and language therapy service to children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties and/or eating and drinking difficulties in the Wigan area. This service is delivered by a specialist...

Frequently Asked Questions What is Speech and Language Therapy? Speech-language therapy is the therapeutic treatment of speech and language difficulties and disorders. This therapy that helps to prevent, diagnose and/or rehabilitate an individual’s speech and language difficulties. What happens if my child needs speech and language therapy? We...

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...

Antenatal, Pregnancy, Care, Screening

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...

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 (...

Page containing information and links to resources to help General Health & Wellbeing

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...

WWL NHS MSK Physiotherapy Service

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 (...

Contact details for the Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service at WWL NHS

Children’s Occupational Therapy Service at WWL NHS

Facilities including baby changing, breast feeding, chaplaincy, spiritual care, shops

Specialist Neuro Community, Neurology, Brain, Neurological,

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...

Compliments, Complaints and Concerns are handled by our Patient Relations Team

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...

Upper Limb Injuries Humeral Brace Fitting Humeral brace is a support that is commonly used for upper arm bone (humerus) fractures. It helps to splint the bone and stops movement of the broken bone, which can cause severe pain. It also helps to keep the bone in good alignment while...

The District Nursing Treatment room provides nursing care to patients in a a clinical setting.

Pregnancy, Birth, 16 week information, safe sleeping

Boston House provides Ophthalmology Services and community services including physiotherapy

The children’s school aged neurodevelopment pathway is managed by Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching NHS Trust within the Childrens Community Specialist Services and is overseen by the Neurodevelopment Pathway Manager. The service is delivered across the Wigan Borough and will accept referrals to the pathway for children and young people who are aged from 4 to 16 years old.

Referrals and Appointments Worried About a Child Are you worried about your child’s communication development? Use this progress tracker from Talking Point to check your child’s communication development. I CAN, the children’s communication charity, (UK Registered charity 21003) Where will my child be seen? We usually...