Wesham Rehabilitation Hospital

Details

Name :

Wesham Rehabilitation Hospital

Address  :

Mowbreck Lane
Wesham

Town  :

Preston

State  :

Lancashire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

PR4 3HA

Phone  :

01253 655402

Fax  :

01253 655403

Web URL  :


Description

Wesham Hospital built in 2001 is part of the Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is situated in the rural area of Kirkham and Wesham close to the junction 3 of the M55 motorway between Preston and Blackpool

The unit has 40 comfortable single double and fourbedded ensuite rooms each with bathing facilities television radio nursecall systems and uptodate moving and handling equipment Corridors from the bedrooms lead to the communal dining and lounge area This forms the heart of the unit and incorporates a central nurses station The lounge area leads to a conservatory which overlooks the landscape gardens

Our team of senior nursing sisters staff nurses and HCAs are dedicated to providing a relaxing and therapeutic environment that is dedicated to promoting the physical and emotional recovery of patients to allow them as far as possible to retain or recover their independence
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