Central Manchester University Hospitals

Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) was formed in 1752. It had 12 beds and began in a small house in the city centre.We are now a large teaching hospital for Manchester University's Medical School, and a specialist regional centre for kidney and pancreas transplants, haematology and sickle cell disease. Our Heart Centre is a major provider of cardiac services in the region, specialising in cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology.The Accident & Emergency Department sees around 145,000 patients each year.We are proud at the MRI to boast many medical breakthroughs, the most recent being the first in the UK to carry out urology surgery using a handheld robotic device and fully 3D system. We have also celebrated becoming the first centre to implant 1,000 cochlear implants and carry out 4,000 renal transplants. The Manchester Diabetes Centre was established in April 1988 and was the first of its kind in the UK and our Heart Centre boasts a Rapid Access Blackout clinic, believed to be the first in the world.

The Christie

One of the leading cancer centres in Europe and, over the next five years, we intend to improve even more. We have huge ambitions for the future, but our values will always remain the same - to provide the highest quality care and treatment, ever more excellent services and real patient benefits.

Royal Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Bolton Hospital is part of a trust with an international reputation as a leader in healthcare improvement.  Staff combine warmth and friendliness with expertise and professionalism, and the values of the Trust emphasise compassion and dignity for patients. The hospital has a wide range of services and is a centre of excellence for maternity and children's services, with new central delivery suite, special care, neonatal intensive care and children's unit.   It has a reputation as a good teaching and training organisation with an education centre, library and outstanding programme for staff learning and development. Conveniently situated just off the M61 the hospital is easily accessible.  

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the safest organisation in the NHS through providing safe, clean and personal care to every patient, every time.  We are an integrated provider of hospital, community and primary care services, including the University Teaching Trust. Our team of 7,000 staff provide local services to the City of Salford and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.   We are an Outstanding Trust – the first Trust in the North of England to achieve the highest rating given by the Care Quality Commission.   We are extremely proud to have some of the highest patient and staff satisfaction rates across Acute Trusts nationally.

University Hospital South Manchester

Wythenshawe Hospital is a major acute teaching hospital, recognised as a centre of clinical excellence and providing district general hospital services and specialist tertiary services to our local community. Our fields of specialist expertise - including cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, respiratory conditions, burns and plastics, cancer and breast care services – not only service the people of South Manchester, but help patients from across the North West and beyond. We are recognised in the region and nationally for the quality of our teaching, research and development. We are a centre of excellence for multidisciplinary research and development, and are a founding member of the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre. Major research programmes focus on clinical and academic strengths in cancer, lung disease, cardiovascular, wound management and medical education

Royal Preston Hospital

Royal Preston Hospital provides a full range of district general hospital services including Emergency Department, critical care, general medicine including elderly care, general surgery, oral and maxillo-facial surgery, ear nose and throat surgery, anaesthetics, children’s services, women’s health and maternity, and several specialist regional services including cancer, neurosurgery and neurology, renal, plastics and burns, rehabilitation, and the major trauma centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria.

The hospital has around 700 beds, operating theatre complex, outpatient suites, and education facilities.

Royal Albert Edward Hospital

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is an Acute Trust operating three hospitals and three state of the art outpatient facilities. 
The Thomas Linacre Outpatients Centre in Wigan town centre and the Hanover Diagnostic and Treatment Centre at Leigh Infirmary provide the majority of outpatient services for the Trust.

In addition, the Trust’s ophthalmology and orthoptic services are provided by a dedicated Eye Unit located at Boston House, Wigan Health Centre. 
We also provide additional outpatient services at Leigh Infirmary.

Royal Blackburn Hospital

The Royal Blackburn Hospital provides a full range of hospital services to adults and children. This includes general and specialist medical and surgical services along with a full range of diagnostic (e.g. MRI, CT scanning) and support services.

The new Royal Blackburn Hospital opened in July 2006.  In addition to the modern facilities within the first stage of the hospital, the new building includes state of the art in-patient facilities, centralised out-patients department, new operating theatres and Emergency Department.