** 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 (e.g. MRI, CT scanning) and support services.
Burnley General Hospital is East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s “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 (e.g. 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 out-of-hours intensive care – these services are provided from the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
In November 2010, the Trust opened the £32 million Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre. This state-of-the-art building includes East Lancashire’s centralised consultant-led maternity unit, as well as a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a midwife-led birth centre and a purpose-built gynaecology unit.
