Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital

Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location in Chorley Borough
Geography
Location Chorley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°39′58″N 2°38′06″W / 53.666°N 2.635°W / 53.666; -2.635Coordinates: 53°39′58″N 2°38′06″W / 53.666°N 2.635°W / 53.666; -2.635
Organisation
Care system NHS
Hospital type District General
Affiliated university University of Central Lancashire
University of Cumbria
University of Manchester
University of St Andrews
Services
Emergency department Accident and Emergency (Open 8am to 8pm) and a 24 hour Urgent Care Centre.
History
Founded 1933
Links
Lists Hospitals in England

Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital is the main NHS hospital for the Lancashire boroughs of Chorley and South Ribble. The hospital is situated on Euxton lane in Chorley close to junction 8 of the M61

The hospital comes under the authority of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust along with the Royal Preston Hospital.

History

There were once another two NHS hospitals in the town, Eaves Lane and Heath Charnock, which both closed in the 1990s. Euxton Hall Hospital is a private facility run by Ramsay Health Care UK still in operation in the village of Euxton. Chorley & South Ribble Hospital NHS Trust was established in 1992 but merged with Preston in 2002. The official opening of Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital was performed by HRH Princess Anne on 28 April 1997.[1]

Services

  • 12 hour Accident and Emergency department (08:00-20:00)
  • 24 hour Urgent Care Centre (run by GTD healthcare)
  • GP admissions lounge. This is used for patients who have been admitted by their GP but who do not need to be seen immediately in A&E. Patients from Preston and surrounding areas also come here to lift pressure on the A&E at Royal Preston
  • Medical Assessment Unit
  • Critical Care Unit (comprising a High Dependency Unit and an Intensive Care Unit)
  • Coronary Care Unit
  • Large outpatients department called the Assessment and Treatment Centre (ATC)
  • Midwife-led Chorley Birth Centre. Patients requiring treatment from an obstetrics and gynaecology are treated at the Sharoe Green Unit at Royal Preston Hospital
  • Theatre suite (no trauma facilities)
  • Mental health inpatient services will begin operating at the hospital during 2018.

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust will redevelop the Oakfield unit after it closed in 2014 following the opening of The Harbour in Blackpool. The new unit will provide inpatient services for 15 men and 15 women in addition to 6 female psychiatric intensive care beds. A section 136 suite will also be on site.

The unit will also accommodate a perinatal unit for new mothers with mental conditions so they can be kept with their babies. This will be the newest of only 4 specialist units in the country.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chorley and South Ribble District Hospital". NIHR. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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