Chorley and South Ribble Hospital is an acute general
hospital in
Chorley. The hospital is situated on Euxton lane in
Chorley close to junction 8 of the
M61. It is managed by
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the United Kingdom's NHS Foundation Trusts. It provides healthcare for people in the Preston area and surrounding area in northwest England. The trust runs Royal Preston Hospital on ...
.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Chorley Cottage Hospital which had been proposed by Alderman Henry Rawcliffe and which opened in September 1893.
This became the Rawcliffe Hospital in 1900 and the Chorley Hospital in 1929.
A new hospital designed by Bradshaw, Gass and Hope was built in the early 1930s; it was opened as the Chorley and District General Hospital on 2 September 1933
[ and joined the ]National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
in 1948.[
After services were transferred from Eaves Lane Hospital and from Heath Charnock Hospital in 1982, it became necessary to expand the facilities: the official opening of the new extension was performed by ]Princess Anne
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of K ...
on 28 April 1997.[
In June 2016, after the accident and emergency department was closed because of staffing issues, protesters sought the immediate restoration of the facility. In October 2020 the trust agreed to reopen the department and this was condemned by 17 emergency medicine consultants as unsafe while "Lancashire is in the midst of a surge in covid-19 cases, filling both inpatients and critical care beds." In February 2021 ]Matt Hancock
Matthew John David Hancock (born 2 October 1978) is a British politician who served as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2015 to 2016, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from January to July 201 ...
issued instructions that plans to close the accident and emergency department should not proceed.
The maternity ward was demolished in 2020 and the site used for the new Cuerden Ward which provides additional capacity for diabetes, endocrinology and general medical patients and opened in 2022.
See also
* List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
* Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottingha ...
References
External links
Official site
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Hospital buildings completed in 1997
Hospitals in Lancashire
Buildings and structures in Chorley
NHS hospitals in England