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 | |
| Location | Burnley, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°48′29″N 2°13′32″W / 53.80793°N 2.22547°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| History | |
| Opened | 1876 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe 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]