Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

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Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
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Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
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Location in Blackburn
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Location in Lancashire
Geography
Location Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Coordinates 53°44′07″N2°27′43″W / 53.73536°N 2.46198°W / 53.73536; -2.46198
Organisation
Care system NHS
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds709 [1]
History
Opened2006
Links
Website elht.nhs.uk/your-visit/our-hospitals-and-locations/royal-blackburn-teaching-hospital
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The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire operated by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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History

The original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local workhouse in February 1864. [2] Additions included a medical wing in 1903, a children's wing in 1925 and a 74-bed annexe in 1926. [2] In 1929 it became known as the Queen's Park Institution, a name which evolved to become the Queen's Park Hospital. [2]

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. [3] It was built by Balfour Beatty at a cost of £133 million and opened in July 2006. [4]

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. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust". elht.nhs.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Blackburn". Workhouses. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Consort wins big hospitals contract". Evening Standard. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Balfour Beatty sells its stake in Royal Blackburn Hospital". Lancashire Telegraph. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Construction kick off for £10 million Emergency Care Village :: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust". elht.nhs.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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