East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

About Us

Website: www.elht.nhs.uk

Twitter and Instagram: @ELHT_NHS

Facebook: @ELHT.NHS


East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) combines two acute care and three community hospitals with a network of community health facilities and nurses to provide Safe, Personal and Effective care for around 750,000 patients each year.


Rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission in 2016, we provide high quality healthcare services primarily to approximately 530,000 residents of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.


We employ over 8,000 staff, some of whom are internationally renowned and many have won awards for their work and achievements.


Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital:

621 inpatient beds – busiest Emergency Department in northwest England – Vascular Centre of Excellence – Robotic assisted surgery - Learning and Education Centre

NHS Family and Friends Test: 99% would recommend treatment


Burnley General Teaching Hospital:

241 inpatient beds - Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre – Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – Urgent Care Centre – East Lancashire Elective Centre - Learning and Education Centre

NHS Family & Friends Test: 99% would recommend treatment


Accrington Victoria Community Hospital:

18 inpatient beds – rehabilitation ward - Minor Injuries Unit – integrated community services (Musculoskeletal, Eye, Heart Failure)

NHS Family and Friends Test: 99% would recommend treatment


Clitheroe Community Hospital:

72 inpatients beds – 3 rehabilitation wards

NHS Family and Friends Test: 99% would recommend treatment


Pendle Community Hospital:

72 inpatient beds – 3 rehabilitation wards – Community Falls service – Integrated Physiotherapy

NHS Family and Friends Test: 99% would recommend treatment