Alexandra Hospital (Cheadle)

The Alexandra Hospital is a private hospital in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, operated by BMI Healthcare. It is the largest private hospital in the UK outside London.[1]

The Alexandra Hospital
BMI Healthcare
Entrance, Alexandra Hospital, Cheadle
Shown in Greater Manchester
Geography
LocationCheadle, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates53.396787°N 2.216403°W / 53.396787; -2.216403
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1981

History

The facility was founded in 1981,[2] and has treated a number of notable patients, including Russell Watson,[3] Fabrice Muamba,[4] and Alex Ferguson.[5] Matt Busby died in the hospital in 1994.[6]

Services

Over 600 consultants work from the hospital, offering a range of services including Orthopaedics, Cardiology, Fertility treatment, an imaging suite including CT and MRI, seven operating theatres, and a 5-bed intensive care unit. The hospital has 128 beds, all in individual en-suite rooms.[7]

The hospital's latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission found most aspects of care to be 'Good', but the safety of its intensive care facility was judged as 'Requires Improvement'.[8]

In 2016, the hospital was criticised for employing an anaesthetics nurse who had forged her qualifications.[9][10]

In 2018 The hospital was publicly praised by Sir Alex Ferguson for the great care he received following surgery for a brain tumor.[11]

See also

References
  1. Begum, Shelina (5 July 2016). "BMI Healthcare invests £8m in flagship Alexandra Hospital". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. "Flagship Hospital Celebrates 35 Years of Care". BMI Healthcare. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. "Watson discharged from hospital". BBC News. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. Luckhurst, Samuel (13 April 2012). "Fabrice Muamba Set To Leave Hospital With Electrical Heart Device Inserted". HuffPost. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. Wallace, Sam (13 March 2004). "Ferguson has pacemaker". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  6. Crist, Matthew (20 January 2018). "Matt Busby: When Football Lost Manchester United's Father Figure On This Day in 1994". The Sportsman. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  7. "BMI The Alexandra Hospital - Private Hospital Manchester | BMI Healthcare UK". www.bmihealthcare.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. "BMI The Alexandra Hospital". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  9. McKeegan, Alice (18 January 2016). "Nurse at The Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle is struck off after forging anaesthetics qualifications letter". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  10. "Payout over man's gastric bypass death at Alexandra Hospital". BBC News. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  11. Riches, Chris (27 July 2018). "I'm lucky to be alive ...thank you, Sir Alex tells hospital medics". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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