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Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a large NHS teaching hospital in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. Founded by Charles White in 1752 as part of the voluntary hospital movement of the 18th century, it is now a major regional and national medical centre.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Acute Foundation Trust which operates 10 hospitals throughout Greater Manchester. It is the largest NHS trust in the United Kingdom , with an income of £2.2 billion and 28,479 staff in 2021–2022.
The Infirmary, Manchester Convalescent Home, St Mary's, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Dental Hospital and the Foot Hospital in Manchester were entitled The United Manchester Hospitals when they were taken into the National Health Service in 1948 and run by one hospital management committee. [1] Sir Mike Deegan was Chief Executive from 2001. [2]
During the COVID-19 pandemic she helped to deliver the Manchester Hospital Trust pandemic response plan. [5] [6] [7] During the infected blood scandal Eddleston gave evidence on behalf of the Manchester Royal Infirmary. [8] In 2022 she was awarded the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine Gold Medal. [1]
Its Oxford Road campus extends on both sides of Oxford Road south of Booth Street and north of Grafton Street and Denmark Road. Manchester Royal Infirmary is the chief site for Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. Whitworth Art Gallery is north of Whitworth Park.
The first home of the Medical School in Coupland Street, Chorlton on Medlock (as seen in 1908 looking west) [4] Medical teaching in Manchester began when Charles White founded the first modern hospital in the Manchester district, the Manchester Infirmary (later the Manchester Royal Infirmary), in 1752.
Manchester Royal Infirmary (part) 1905–08 This part of the hospital is in red brick with limestone dressings and slate roofs, and is in Edwardian Baroque style. It consists of three long ranges, with a central tower, and a tower at the north end.
Charles White FRS (4 October 1728 – 20 February 1813) was an English physician and a co-founder of the Manchester Royal Infirmary and the St Mary's Hospital for Lying in Women in 1790. White made contributions in the fields of orthopaedics , surgery, and obstetrics .