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The trust is the main provider of hospital care to approximately 750,000 people in the areas covered by the Manchester & Trafford Local Care Organisations. [14] It is also the lead provider of multiple specialist services to the 2.8 million people in the Greater Manchester conurbation [14] including:
North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) is a large NHS hospital in Crumpsall, North Manchester, England. It is operated by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust . There is an accident and emergency unit, together with a maternity unit, high dependency unit and a mental health wing.
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]
At its height, the hospital was the largest teaching hospital in Europe, [8] thanks in part to its affiliation with the University of Manchester, which has one of the largest medical schools in the north of England. [9] During the 1990s the hospital faced closure; its fate was sealed when the doors shut in 2002.
Upon receiving the keys to the hospital Bevan was given a tour of the hospital by the Matron Ann Dolan. Dolan had been appointed as matron before the hospital had officially opened in 1929, and was pictured alongside Bevan and Diggory in the news stories of 1948. [4] Sylvia Diggory (née Beckingham), then 13, was the first NHS patient.
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The hospital was built to replace the aging Altrincham General Hospital in Market Street. [1] The new hospital, which was built by Pochins, a Cheshire-based construction company, opened in April 2015. [2] [3] The new facilities installed at the commissioning of the new hospital included digital radiography equipment costing £350,000. [4]
A new hospital was required to replace services previously provided by the Pendlebury Children's Hospital at Pendlebury in the City of Salford, Booth Hall Children's Hospital at Blackley in north-Manchester, and neonatal care from Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester. It was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2004. [1]