Burnley General Teaching Hospital

The Burnley General Teaching Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Burnley, Lancashire operated by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Burnley General Teaching Hospital
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Burnley General Teaching Hospital
Location in Burnley
Location in Lancashire
Geography
LocationBurnley, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53.80793°N 2.22547°W / 53.80793; -2.22547
Organisation
Care systemNHS
History
Opened1876
Links
Websitewww.elht.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

History

The original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local workhouse in March 1876.[1] A new infirmary was built on the site, slightly north of the old one, in 1895.[1] It became known as Primrose Bank Hospital in the 1930s and as Burnley General Hospital on the formation of the National Health Service in 1948.[1]

A hospital extension was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2004 to create extra wards, a renal dialysis unit, an out-patients department and a dedicated rehabilitation suite.[2] It was built by Bovis Lend Lease at a cost of £30 million and it opened in 2006.[2]

References
  1. "Burnley". Workhouses. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "Burnleys 30 million pound hospital plan the first picture!". Burnley Express. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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