| Wrightington Hospital | |
| Org/Group: | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Location: | Wrightington |
| Region: | Lancashire |
| Country: | England |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | Community hospital |
| Emergency: | No |
| Founded: | 1933 |
| Map Type: | Lancashire |
| Coordinates: | 53.5897°N -2.7115°W |
Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
The facility was built as a private house known as Wrightington Hall, which was completed in 1748 and extended in 1860.[1] 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.[2] It officially opened as a facility for the treatment of tuberculosis on 16 June 1933.[2] After the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, it specialised in hip and orthopedic surgery and rheumatology.[3] This work was led by Sir John Charnley who pioneered the hip replacement operation[4] and created the "Wrightington centre for hip surgery."[5]
A new orthopedic centre and theatre complex built for £18 million opened in December 2015.[6] [7] The trust secured planning permission for an additional 33,000 sq ft extension to the hospital in September 2018.[8]