Blackburn Hospitals

Details

Name :

Blackburn Hospitals

Address  :

Haslingden Road

Town  :

Blackburn

State  :

Lancashire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

BB2 3HH

Phone  :

01254 263555

Fax  :

01254 293512

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

Royal Blackburn Hospital provides high quality medical and surgical care to patients in the North West of England Supported by award winning consultants and staff they provide outstanding patientcentred care tailored to the individual Specialist services are available at the Royal Blackburn Hospital which provides a range of health care provision for the people of East Lancashire and further afield Over pound110 million has been invested in providing new buildings and a new hospital with state of the art modern equipment for the following specialities to name but a few radiology cardiology catheter laboratory Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Maxillo Facial specialised facilities Our aim is to provide an outstanding level of service that will benefit our patients and be at the forefront of a modern NHS
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