The private walk-in centre in Greater Manchester aiming to see you within 15 minutes
13.10.2022 - 13:54
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When you are ill or injured the last thing you want to do is sit around in A&E waiting to be seen.
In emergency cases, like a suspected heart attack, stroke or serious head injury, of course it is the best place for you. But what if you don’t fall into that ‘critical’ category but still need to be seen?
The current national waiting time target for A&E is four hours from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge. However, with many people using A&E for non-urgent problems, these waiting times can increase.
Often patients turn up to A&E with nasty chest infections or minor injuries which require treatment but are not considered medical emergencies.
So if you are too ill to wait for a GP appointment but not ill enough for emergency treatment it can be difficult to know what to do. One Greater Manchester hospital may have the answer, however, with their ‘Private Walk-In Centre’.
The facility at The Alexandra Hospital, in Cheadle, is staffed by a GP or senior A&E doctor and A&E nurses who aim to see you within 15 minutes.
There is no appointment necessary and it is a convenient service available for minor accidents, injuries and illnesses, as well as medical admissions so that patients can be admitted to the hospital if needed.
Based in leafy Cheadle, The Alexandra Hospital opened in 1981 and has earned a reputation for safe and effective outcomes across a wide range of treatments, from complex cardiac cases to minor surgery.
Today more than 600 consultants choose to practice from the hospital, many of whom hold teaching responsibilities and are renowned for their experience.
Patients are primarily self-funded or insured, as it is a private hospital, but The Alexandra Hospital also helps the local NHS hospitals with their