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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Lancashire, England. It was established on 1 September 2002, [2] as the result of a locally controversial, cost saving merger of Blackburn Hyndburn & Ribble Valley NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, first announced in September 1999. [3] Shazad Sarwar was appointed chair ...
In 1929 it became known as the Queen's Park Institution, a name which evolved to become the Queen's Park Hospital. [ 1 ] A new hospital, to be known as the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2003 to replace the Queen's Park Hospital and the Blackburn Royal Infirmary . [ 2 ]
The Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) was a care pathway in the United Kingdom (excluding Wales) covering palliative care options for patients in the final days or hours of life. It was developed to help doctors and nurses provide quality end-of-life care , to transfer quality end-of-life care from the hospice to hospital setting.
The red alert note on the website of Royal Blackburn Emergency Department told patients: "Please make sure you are going to the most appropriate place for your medical needs."
Out-of-hours services are provided by East Lancashire Medical Services Limited, [7] OWLS CIC Ltd [8] (West Lancashire), Chorley Medics [9] and Bay Urgent Care. Virgin Care won a five-year contract for services previously provided by Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in West Lancashire in 2016.
The Trust employs 2,900 people and has 400 volunteers. Each year the Trust treats 25,000 inpatients, 26,000 non-elective patients and 150,000 outpatients.
Zoe's Place will be given £1m to build a new hospice while cash will also be given to other projects like the renovation of Elmfield Hall in Accrington and the restoration of the East Lancashire ...
[14] [15] The new hospital facility will be on a different site to the existing location. [16] As of December 2023 the trust is still selecting a site, all shortlisted locations are in South Ribble. [17] [18] The new hospital is being built in response to the trust's chief executive claiming many parts of the existing hospital are "not fit for ...