Leigh Infirmary | |
Org/Group: | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
Location: | The Avenue, Leigh |
Region: | Greater Manchester |
Country: | England |
Healthcare: | NHS |
Type: | Community hospital |
Emergency: | No |
Founded: | 1906 |
Map Type: | Greater Manchester |
Coordinates: | 53.5041°N -2.5121°W |
Leigh Infirmary is a healthcare facility in The Avenue, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
The site for the facility was a gift from Lord Lilford of Atherton Hall.[1] The facility itself, which was financed by a legacy from Miss Elizabeth Farnworth and by other subscribers, was completed in 1906.[1] A ward was allocated for the treatment of military casualties at the start of the First World War.[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] A new diagnostic and treatment centre was officially opened by Andy Burnham, the Shadow Health Secretary and Member of Parliament for the town, in January 2014.[4]