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In July 2021, the trust's New Hospitals Programme published a report explaining the need for new hospital facilities. [12] In September 2021, the trust outlined the possibility of a New Preston Hospital in a progress post on their website, [13] and throughout 2022 the programme began searching for locations to house a possible new facility. [12]
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust responded to the report stating that the COVID-19 backlog was responsible for a number of their ratings falling below the previous levels. [8] [9] A new extension to the hospital was also announced in the same month, to provide additional services for Day-of-Surgery Admissions patients. [10]
The trust was formed on 1 July 2023, following regulatory approval of a merger between Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The trusts had already been working in close partnership after an agreement between the two trusts was signed in September 2021, meaning that the trusts would ...
Ormskirk District General Hospital – Lancashire [4] Pendle Community Hospital, Lancashire; Prestwich Hospital – Bury, Greater Manchester; Queen Victoria Hospital – Morecambe; Rochdale Infirmary; Royal Albert Edward Infirmary – Wigan; Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital – Blackburn; Royal Bolton Hospital – Farnworth, near Bolton
Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust merged into Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in 2002; Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust merged into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in 2004; Priority Health Care, Wearside NHS Trust merged into South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Health NHS Trust in 2002
In November 2023 the hospital was inspected by the Care Quality Commission which graded the hospital as "Requires improvement" in two out of five categories. [9] Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust responded to the report stating that the COVID-19 backlog was responsible for a number of their ratings falling below the previous ...
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.
In 2013/14 the trust sent 251 patients to private hospitals at a cost of £3.6m, an increase from 2012/13 when there were 136 referrals at a cost of £2.1m. The trust said a reduction in social care provision, an increase in mental health presentations and increased complexity of care requirements were to blame.