{"id":1395,"date":"2020-04-07T09:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T09:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/rmch\/wythenshawe-hospital-temporary-changes-to-paediatric-emergencies\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:35:44","slug":"wythenshawe-hospital-temporary-changes-to-paediatric-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/rmch\/wythenshawe-hospital-temporary-changes-to-paediatric-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Wythenshawe Hospital \u2013 temporary changes to paediatric emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">As part of our response to the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, please note that from Tuesday 7<sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> April 2020, we are temporarily relocating all services for paediatric emergencies to Royal Manchester Children\u2019s Hospital, so Wythenshawe Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department will <\/span><u><span style=\"color: #000000\">not<\/span><\/u><span style=\"color: #000000\"> accept paediatric emergencies. All ambulances will now divert to the Royal Manchester Children\u2019s Hospital Paediatric Emergency Department. This is to support the increased need for critical care at Wythenshawe Hospital during this time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In the event of an emergency, parents, guardians and carers must now take children to the Paediatric Emergency Department, Oxford Road, Royal Manchester Children\u2019s Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL.\u00a0 It is extremely important that children are not taken to the Wythenshawe Hospital Emergency Department.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">We will update you further when the paediatric emergency services and Starlight Children\u2019s Unit at Wythenshawe Hospital are re-opened.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thank you in advance for your support to the NHS and the wider community at this particular time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our response to the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, please note that from Tuesday 7th April 2020, we are temporarily relocating all services for paediatric emergencies to Royal Manchester Children\u2019s Hospital, so Wythenshawe Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department will not accept paediatric emergencies. 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