Burnley General Hospital

Details

Name :

Burnley General Hospital

Address  :

Casterton Avenue

Town  :

Burnley

State  :

Lancashire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

BB10 2PQ

Phone  :

01282 425071

Fax  :

01282 474444

Web URL  :


Description

About Burnley General Hospital
Burnley General Hospital provides a full range of hospital services This includes general and specialist medical and surgical services along with a full range of diagnostic eg MRI CT scanning and support services

Burnley General Hospital is East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trusts cold site specialising in planned elective treatment It provides range of hospital services during working hours including general and specialist medical and surgical services along with a full range of diagnostic eg MRI CT scanning and support services

The hospital includes an urgent care centre for unscheduled care of minor injuries and illnesses It does not include an emergency department or supporting facilities such as outofhours intensive care these services are provided from the Royal Blackburn Hospital

In November 2010 the Trust opened the pound32 million Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre This stateoftheart building includes East Lancashires centralised consultantled maternity unit as well as a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit a midwifeled birth centre and a purposebuilt gynaecology unit
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