Thomas Linacre Centre

Ratings

• Overall

  Good

• Safe

  Good

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

We carried out a comprehensive assessment of the Thomas Linacre Centre which included an unannounced inspection on 6 and 7 January 2026. The purpose of this assessment was to re-rate the regulated services at the location, which comprises outpatients and diagnostic imaging. The overall rating for the Thomas Linacre Centre was good.

The Thomas Linacre Centre is a registered location of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, located in Wigan, Greater Manchester. It conducts a range of outpatient activity and hosts various medical specialties, in addition to diagnostic services such as phlebotomy, audiology, and imaging. In 2024, the location recorded over 80,000 outpatient attendances.

At this inspection we identified a breach of regulation of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 in relation to the governance arrangements of the adult outpatients service.

Our detailed findings can be found in the outpatients and diagnostic imaging sections of this report. An action plan will be requested upon publication of the final report.