Royal Preston Hospital is part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals , which was successful in becoming the first Foundation Trust in the county. It provides a range of acute services to local residents, serving an area of around 390,000. It also provides specialist services, such as plastic surgery, renal, cancer and brain surgery to 1.5 million people in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, which runs the hospital, has an annual turnover of £300 million and offers a wide range of services to 390,000 local people including: 24 hour accident and emergency facilities; Intensive, high dependency and coronary care units; General medicine, including elderly care; General surgery and urology; Child health; Ear, nose and throat surgery; Orthopaedics; Maternity services, such as gynaecology; Anaesthetics; Oral and maxillo-facial surgery; Ophthalmology and support services for diagnosis and treatment such as pathology, x-ray, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and specialist nurses. The Trust also serves around 1½ million people in Lancashire and South Cumbria with specialist services: Neurosurgery and neurology; Oncology and complex cancer surgery; Renal; Burns and plastic surgery and Disablement services such as artificial limbs and wheelchairs.
