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As is common in these situations, the decision was deeply unpopular with the public of the
Burnley and Pendle districts, who were most affected by the change. A campaign to save/return the A&E service was a central issue in local politics. Both the district's current MPs were elected in 2010 on a
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consider themselves to be the leading provider of prostatectomies within the region, but the trust plans to challenge this. The
Robotic Prostatectomy service has subsequently proven to be both popular and effective for patients of East Lancashire and across the Northwest. The robot has gone on to be
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Also, much consolidation has come into effect since the merging of the two original trusts. This has involved the closure of many wards and departments at the
Burnley General Hospital, with much speculation of the site's belittlement. Despite this, a new building was completed in May 2006 (known as
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This meant the moving of many departments, and much publicity was made about the moving of the
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Blackburn and Burnley hospitals to go about their work. Because of this, a free shuttle bus has been introduced
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Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn to concentrate on the more serious cases from across the Trust, for which it is better equipped, with emergency theatres and an Intensive Care Unit. Following this move, a helipad was constructed several metres from the entrance to the
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The trust recently began accepting small numbers of medical students for components of their clinical training. All students allocated to Royal
Blackburn Hospital are based either at Royal Preston Hospital or Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester.
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Quality Commission in 2018 and given an overall rating of Good, with two areas classified as Outstanding, namely community end of life care and specialist community mental health services for children and young people.
461:. It was put into special measures and there were calls for resignations. Concerns centred on the Trust's policy of opening extra beds, or leaving patients on chairs and trolleys, to deal with surges in demand. It was put into a buddying arrangement with
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construction projects from its predecessors, both planned in the 1990s. The
Blackburn Royal Infirmary (BRI), was decommissioned in July 2006, after a new hospital building was built at the existing Queens Park Hospital (QPH) site in the town, formerly a
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since 2007. Becoming an FT was an important development for the Trust and to survive into the future, the organisation was required to complete a successful application before April 2013, but like many NHS Trusts it failed to meet this deadline.
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The East Lancashire Hospitals National Health Service Trust (Establishment) and the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care National Health Service Trust and Burnley Health Care National Health Service Trust (Dissolution) Order
171:. It was established on 1 September 2002, as the result of a locally controversial, cost saving merger of Blackburn Hyndburn & Ribble Valley NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust, first announced in September 1999.
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claimed a partial victory, with news of a new £12m emergency unit. The new Burnley Urgent Care Centre opened in 2014. The trust has confirmed there will be no return of a full accident and emergency department to Burnley.
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