The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire operated by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
| Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital | |
|---|---|
| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | |
 Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital | |
  Location in Blackburn  Location in Lancashire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°44′07″N 2°27′43″W / 53.73536°N 2.46198°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| History | |
| Opened | 2006 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local workhouse in February 1864.[1] Additions included a medical wing in 1903, a children's wing in 1925 and a 74-bed annexe in 1926.[1] 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] It was built by Balfour Beatty at a cost of £133 million and opened in July 2006.[3]
In 2019 the government gave approval for a £10million "care village" to be constructed on the existing site, providing an additional 31 accident and emergency beds.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Blackburn". Workhouses. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Consort wins big hospitals contract". Evening Standard. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Balfour Beatty sells its stake in Royal Blackburn Hospital". Lancashire Telegraph. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Construction kick off for £10 million Emergency Care Village :: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust". elht.nhs.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.