Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
Wrightington Hospital | |
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | |
Shown in Lancashire | |
Geography | |
Location | Wrightington, Lancashire, England |
Coordinates | 53°35′23″N 2°42′41″W / 53.5897°N 2.7115°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Community hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | No |
History | |
Opened | 1933 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
The facility was built as a private house known as Wrightington Hall, which was completed in 1748 and extended in 1860.[1][2] In 1918 the building was acquired for £16,473 by Lancashire County Council, who converted it, for the cost of £129,520, into a hospital.[3] It officially opened as a facility for the treatment of tuberculosis on 16 June 1933.[3] After the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it specialised in hip and orthopedic surgery and rheumatology.[4] This work was led by Sir John Charnley who pioneered the hip replacement operation[5] and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery."[6]
A new orthopedic centre and theatre complex built for £18 million opened in December 2015.[7][8] The trust secured planning permission for an additional 33,000 sq ft extension to the hospital in September 2018.[9]