Wythenshawe Hospital

Name :

Wythenshawe Hospital

Address  :

Southmoor Road
Wythenshawe

Town  :

Manchester

State  :

Greater Manchester

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

M23 9LT

Phone  :

0161 9987070

Fax  :

0161 2912037

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

The majority of services provided by University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust are based at Wythenshawe Hospital with some services provided at Withington Community Hospital Recent additions to the hospital site include the pound14 Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre for breast care services and the pound22m North West Heart Centre Current projects include an extension of our Cystic Fibrosis unit and the development of a Macmillan Cancer Information Centre
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