Leighton Hospital
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation trust
Reception at the treatment centre at Leighton Hospital
Leighton Hospital is located in Cheshire
Leighton Hospital
Location within Cheshire
Geography
LocationCrewe, Cheshire, England
Coordinates53°07′12″N 2°28′40″W / 53.1199°N 2.4778°W / 53.1199; -2.4778
Services
Beds556
History
OpenedMay 1972
Links
Websitewww.mchft.nhs.uk/about-us/our-sites/leighton-hospital/
ListsHospitals in England

Leighton Hospital is a hospital located to the northwest of the town of Crewe in the county of Cheshire, England. It is managed by the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

History

Built at a cost of £6 million, Leighton Hospital was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in May 1972.[1] It replaced older facilities at Crewe District Memorial Hospital,[2] Crewe Works Hospital (built by the London and North Western Railway Company),[3] the Linden Grange Maternity Hospital[4] and Coppenhall Hospital in Crewe, and Nantwich Cottage Hospital and the Barony Hospital in Nantwich.[5]

An inspection in November 2019 resulted in the hospital being rated "good" overall, and "requires improvement" in the "safe" category by the Care Quality Commission.[6]

In June 2018 the hospital was recognised with a national award for patient experience.[7]

In September 2021, a bid was submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care to fund a £663 million redevelopment of the hospital. Materials used in its original construction, particularly reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) panels in the roof and walls, had resulted in significant spending to resolve safety risks. A new build was estimated to be around £100 million cheaper than the continued refurbishment.[8] On 25 May 2023 it was confirmed that the hospital would therefore be rebuilt.[9] The Guardian newspaper noted that a 2020 proposal to rebuilt Leighton Hospital was not funded by HM Treasury during Rishi Sunak's term as Chancellor of the Exchequer, despite a "catastrophic" grade of risk and a warning that an incident was "likely".[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History". Hospital Radio Leighton. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Crewe District Memorial Hospital, Crewe". National Archives. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Cottage hospital at Crewe, 1895". National Railway Museum. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Linden Grange Maternity Hospital, Crewe". National Archives. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Barony Hospital, Nantwich (formerly Nantwich Union Workhouse)", The National Archives, National Archives, retrieved 29 July 2010
  6. ↑ "Leighton Hospital". Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Leighton Hospital staff win national awards for patient experience". Nantwich News. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bid in for £663m Crewe hospital rebuild". The Construction Index. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Five major hospitals to be rebuilt as part of over £20 billion new hospital infrastructure investment". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Crerar, Pippa (13 September 2023). "Rishi Sunak blocked rebuild of hospitals riddled with crumbling concrete". The Guardian.
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