Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

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
LocationBlackburn, Lancashire, England
Coordinates53.73536°N 2.46198°W / 53.73536; -2.46198
Organisation
Care systemNHS
History
Opened2006
Links
Websitewww.elht.nhs.uk/your-visit/royal-blackburn-teaching-hospital
ListsHospitals in England

History

The 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]

References
  1. "Blackburn". Workhouses. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "Consort wins big hospitals contract". Evening Standard. 21 January 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. "Balfour Beatty sells its stake in Royal Blackburn Hospital". Lancashire Telegraph. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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