Wythenshawe Hospital

The present Wythenshawe Hospital developed on the site of the former Baguley Sanatorium,{{cite web|url=http://www.wythit.com/Wythit/Local_Activities/Local_History/Default.aspx?CmsContentID=1093|title=Wythenshawe WS (includes history of Baguley Sanatorium)|access-date=3 December 2009}} which opened on 4 October 1902. It became a 150-bed sanatorium for the sole treatment of tuberculosis patients in 1912. The idea of Wythenshawe Hospital was initially discussed in 1939. An Emergency Medical Services hospital – consisting of rows of wooden huts – was constructed and used to treat soldiers who had been injured or burned.{{cite web|title=History of UHSM|url=http://www.uhsm.nhs.uk/AboutUs/Pages/History.aspx|publisher=University Hospital of South Manchester|access-date=28 September 2014}} This was the foundation of the hospital's specialisation in burns and plastic surgery. The hospital was substantially developed in the 1960s as part of Enoch Powell's 1962 Hospital Plan.{{cite web|last1=Rivett|first1=Geoffrey|title=Hospital Development : 1948-1968|url=http://www.nhshistory.net/hospital_development.htm|access-date=28 September 2014}}

The 35 year private finance initiative contract for Wythenshawe Hospital, signed in 1998, was one of the earliest in the NHS. The hospital was designed by WS Atkins,{{cite web|url=http://www.atkinsglobal.com/~/media/Files/A/Atkins-Global/Attachments/sectors/healthcare/library-docs/Atkins_HealthcareBook.pdf|title=Heath Book|publisher=WS Atkins|access-date=7 April 2018}} built by Alfred McAlpine at a cost of £113 million and opened in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/113m-wythenshawe-hospital-development/849463.article|title=£113M Wythenshawe Hospital development|date=20 August 1998|publisher=New Civil Engineer|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073517/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/113m-wythenshawe-hospital-development/849463.article|url-status=dead}} Facilities management services are provided by Sodexo.{{cite web|title=Memorandum by South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmhealth/308/1111508.htm|website=Select Committee on Health Minutes of Evidence|publisher=House of Commons|access-date=28 September 2014|date=15 May 2002}}

The contract provided for stepped payments – charges were low initially but rise steeply between 2015 and 2023 falling again in the last 10 years of the contract. This has put the Trust under considerable financial pressure and a financial recovery plan has been imposed by Monitor.{{cite news|title=Probe launched into University Hospital of South Manchester finances|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25339169|access-date=28 September 2014|publisher=BBC|date=11 December 2013}} In June 2014, the Trust was forced to borrow £25 million from the Department of Health in order to meet the increased repayment.{{cite news|title=Manchester trust secures £25m loan to support PFI debts|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/university-hospital-of-south-manchester-nhs-foundation-trust/manchester-trust-secures-25m-loan-to-support-pfi-debts/5072255.article#.U8P7qfldUk4|access-date=14 July 2014|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=24 June 2014}}

Wythenshawe Hospital was a founding member of the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre{{cite web|url=http://www.mahsc.ac.uk/our-work/scope/healthcare-services/ |title=Healthcare services |publisher=MAHSC |date= |access-date=2018-04-07}} and a teaching hospital of Manchester Medical School.{{cite web|author=15:24, 14 DEC 2012Updated18:15, 10 JAN 2013 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/wythenshawe-hospital-opens-24m-clinical-698999 |title=Wythenshawe Hospital opens £2.4m clinical research centre |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date= 14 December 2012|access-date=2018-04-07}}{{cite web|author=10:47, 19 MAY 2014Updated10:51, 19 MAY 2014 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/huge-heart-surgery-boost-manchester-7134433 |title=Huge heart surgery boost for Manchester as Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe hospitals join forces |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date=2014-05-19 |access-date=2018-04-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/10505464.Multi_million_deal_with_Medtronic_puts_Wythenshawe_Hospital_at_the_heart_of_cardiac_care/ |title=Multi million deal with Medtronic puts Wythenshawe Hospital at the heart of cardiac care |publisher=Messenger Newspapers |date=2013-06-25 |access-date=2018-04-07}}{{cite web|author=08:44, 16 APR 2015Updated08:47, 16 APR 2015 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/thousands-women-could-avoid-breast-9052275 |title=Thousands of women could avoid breast cancer radiotherapy thanks to groundbreaking discovery |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date=2015-04-16 |access-date=2018-04-07}}

It is still a centre of expertise in respiratory disease and the North West Lung Centre houses the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre and the UK National Aspergillosis Centre. It has established a successful rapid access programme for pulmonary investigations and diagnosis so that nearly half of patients are now starting treatment within 28 days.{{cite news |title=Improving survival rates for lung cancer patients |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/the-hsj-awards/improving-survival-rates-for-lung-cancer-patients/7024807.article |access-date=17 May 2019 |publisher=Health Service Journal |date=10 April 2019}}

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