Rochdale Mayor ‘impressed’ with the hospital services at Infirmary

Patient Gladys Wolfenden from Rochdale with nurse in charge Sister Lou Harkness-Hudson and Mayor of Rochdale, Cllr Alan Godson, on the Clinical Assessment Unit

The Mayor of Rochdale said he was ‘very impressed’ with the range and quality of services still being provided at Rochdale Infirmary during a recent visit.

The Mayor, Councillor Alan Godson, and Mayoress, Gillian Brown, were shown around a number of the Infirmary’s clinical services where they met patients and staff.

Their visit included the Infirmary’s Urgent Care Centre (UCC), Clinical Assessment Unit, the newly opened Pennine Rheumatology Centre, and the day surgery unit.

During their tour of the Clinical Assessment Unit (CAU), the Mayor and Mayoress met patient Gladys Wolfenden, 89, from Rochdale. She was being treated on the ward and undergoing tests after feeling unwell whilst shopping. She was initially seen at the Urgent Care Centre and was then admitted upstairs to the CAU for further tests and observation.

The Mayor  said: “I would like to thank the Trust Chairman for giving us the opportunity to visit the Infirmary and to meet staff and patients. It’s really opened my eyes as to what services are still being provided here. This hospital is not closed; it is very much open. The people of Rochdale are very lucky to have the facilities here. People should recognise and talk positively about what services we have got here and the ways in which the staff here are developing new services and treating local residents.

“I am very impressed with what I have seen. The new Rheumatology Unit that has just opened is fantastic and the day surgery unit in particular is excellent. The staff I have met are all very passionate and positive to be working here. They are super.”