Blackburn Royal Infirmary

About Blackburn Royal Infirmary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Lancashire, England. It was formed in April 2003, as the result of a locally controversial, cost saving merger of Blackburn Hyndburn & Ribble Valley (BHRV) NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, first announced in September 1999. HospitalsThe trust's two major bases are the Royal Blackburn Hospital, and the Burnley General Hospital. The Trust's headquarters and the majority of management is based at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, the larger of the two. The trust manages three hospitals: Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital (Queens Park Hospital until July 2006)Burnley General HospitalPendle Community Hospital A fourth hospital, Blackburn Royal Infirmary, shut in July 2006 as part of a merger of Blackburn's two sites, planned before the trust was formed. A fifth, Rossendale General, was shut down over a period dating from 2006, finally closing in September 2010. The trust also provides services for, and deals with: The Accrington Victoria Hospital, Clitheroe Community Hospital & Longridge Community Hospital.

Blackburn Royal Infirmary Description

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Lancashire, England. It was formed in April 2003, as the result of a locally controversial, cost saving merger of Blackburn Hyndburn & Ribble Valley (BHRV) NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, first announced in September 1999. HospitalsThe trust's two major bases are the Royal Blackburn Hospital, and the Burnley General Hospital. The Trust's headquarters and the majority of management is based at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, the larger of the two. The trust manages three hospitals: Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital (Queens Park Hospital until July 2006)Burnley General HospitalPendle Community Hospital A fourth hospital, Blackburn Royal Infirmary, shut in July 2006 as part of a merger of Blackburn's two sites, planned before the trust was formed. A fifth, Rossendale General, was shut down over a period dating from 2006, finally closing in September 2010. The trust also provides services for, and deals with: The Accrington Victoria Hospital, Clitheroe Community Hospital & Longridge Community Hospital.

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Blackburn Royal Infirmary is located at Blackburn