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CQC warns hospitals after emergency care downgrade in May

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC · How we work

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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust received a CQC warning notice for emergency care.
CQC downgraded urgent and emergency care at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary to ‘requires improvement’.
Over 900 patients spent more than 12 hours in the emergency department before May.
Chief Executive Mary Fleming said the trust is accelerating improvements through an Emergency Department Transformation Programme.

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Story summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust received a CQC warning notice for emergency care.
CQC downgraded urgent and emergency care at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary to ‘requires improvement’.
Over 900 patients spent more than 12 hours in the emergency department before May.
Chief Executive Mary Fleming said the trust is accelerating improvements through an Emergency Department Transformation Programme.