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Thomas Linacre Centre

Provider Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Type NHS Healthcare Organisation Region North West Last inspected 13 May 2026

Overall rating: Good View full CQC report

Domain ratings

Five CQC key questions

Safe

Good

Effective

Good

Caring

Good

Responsive

Good

Well-led

Requires Improvement

Current CQC assessment

Single Assessment Framework

From 2024 CQC rates services through ongoing assessments rather than comprehensive inspections.

Good Assessed 13 May 2026

The service is performing well and meeting our expectations.

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 …

Ratings by service

Diagnostic imaging

Good

Nov 2025

Diagnostic imaging

Good

Nov 2025

Outpatients

Good

Nov 2025

Outpatients

Good

Nov 2025

Regulatory breaches & enforcement

Current-framework "must do" equivalent

Breaches of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, stated verbatim in the CQC assessment.

Breaches identified (2)

Breach Overall

Because of the concerns above relating to governance, the service was in breach of regulations.

· 13 May 2026

Breach Overall

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.

· 13 May 2026

Location details

CQC ID: RRF54

Local authority: Wigan

Region: North West

Related PFD reports

2017-0262 — Patricia Forshaw (Sep 2017)

2017-0225 — Terence Ryan (Sep 2017)

2016-0255 — Margaret Gleeson (Jul 2016)

2013-0367 — Kenneth Smalley (Dec 2013)