Improving Patient Safety and Reducing Harm through the Development of an Acute Kidney Injury Specialist Service at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust


At Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) our vision is “to be in the top 10% of hospitals for everything we do”, our mission is “to provide the best quality healthcare for all our patients”, our strategy is “to be safe, effective and caring” with patient safety always our highest priority of all, complying with the CQC inspection model. So this was at the forefront of setting up the AKI service.

Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Case Study