Royal Preston Hospital

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Royal Preston Hospital
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Royal Preston Hospital
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Shown in Preston
Geography
Location Fulwood, Preston, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°47′31″N2°42′22″W / 53.792°N 2.706°W / 53.792; -2.706
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type Teaching Hospital
Affiliated university University of Central Lancashire
University of Manchester
University of St Andrews
University of Cumbria
Services
Emergency department Yes, and Major Trauma Centre
History
Opened1983
Links
Website www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

The Royal Preston Hospital or RPH, is an acute general hospital in Preston, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

1975-2000

The hospital was built in stages between 1975 and 1983; it was officially opened by the Princess of Wales on 1 June 1983. [1]

Further expansion took place to accommodate services transferred from the Preston Royal Infirmary, which closed in 1990, [2] and the Sharoe Green Hospital which closed in 1992. [3] A new children's unit was added in 1994 and a dedicated day case surgery unit was completed in 1996. [1]

2000-present

On 9 August 2016, the 6th Duke of Westminster died in Royal Preston Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his Abbeystead estate. [4] [5]

In June 2023 the hospital received the UK's first lung cancer imager. [6]

In November 2023 the hospital was inspected by the Care Quality Commission which graded the hospital as "Requires improvement" in three out of five categories. [7] 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]

New Preston Hospital

In May 2023, it was announced that a new hospital intended to replace Royal Preston will be built in 2030. [11] [12] The new hospital facility will be on a different site to the existing location. [13]

The decision to locate the new hospital in South Ribble has been criticised by some local politicians including Preston City Council Leader Matthew Brown who said that "out of the three authorities, Preston has higher levels of ill health" [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Royal Preston Hospital". Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preston Infirmary, Preston". National Archives. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sharoe Green Hospital, Preston". National Archives. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Billionaire landowner Duke of Westminster dies". 10 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Duke of Westminster died of heart attack, coroner's office confirms". The Telegraph. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hospital gets UK's first lung cancer imager". BBC News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Royal Preston Hospital - Care Quality Commission". www.cqc.org.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Royal Preston Hospital given 18 areas it must improve to meet legal baseline". Blog Preston. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Faulkner, Paul (28 November 2023). "Hospital patients 'can be confident they will be safe' despite CQC rating". Lancs Live. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Faulkner, Paul (21 November 2023). "New hospital facility unveiled as part of £15m service overhaul". Lancs Live. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Preston politicians react to 'new South Ribble' hospital location". Blog Preston. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Faulkner, Paul (6 June 2023). "Preston's new hospital wont be built until the next decade". Lancs Live. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  13. ↑ Faulkner, Paul (25 May 2023). "Royal Preston Hospital to be replaced with new building on a different site - but not until the 2030s". Lancashire Evening Post. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Preston politicians react to 'new South Ribble' hospital location". Blog Preston. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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