Royal Preston Hospital
| Royal Preston Hospital | |
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| Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
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 Shown in Preston
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| Geography | |
| Location | Fulwood, Preston, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°47′31″N 2°42′22″W / 53.792°N 2.706°WCoordinates: 53°47′31″N 2°42′22″W / 53.792°N 2.706°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university |
University of Central Lancashire University of Manchester University of St Andrews University of Cumbria |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Regional Major Trauma Centre |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 June 1983 |
| Links | |
| Website | Royal Preston NHS |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
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 the northern outskirts of the city in the Fulwood area and Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital.
The Royal Preston Hospital had its grand opening on 1 June 1983, when Princess Diana officially opened the hospital. It replaced the former Preston Royal Infirmary that was located in Stanleyfield Road near the town centre.
Besides being a major healthcare services provider to over 350,000 people the Foundation Trust also provides clinical education for Trust Staff and external delegates under the brand of "The Health Academy" in addition to teaching for medical students from the University of Manchester and University of St Andrews. Both Chorley and Preston Hospitals also provide training for student nurses from the University of Central Lancashire. In January 2015 the Trust started an arrangement to train 50 nurses a year at the University of Bolton who will be guaranteed jobs at the Trust. Their studies will be funded by Student loans.
The Trust uses the Single Transferable Vote voting system to elect its Members' Council.
Some Medical Imaging students from the University of Cumbria are based at this trust.
The trust expects to finish 2015-16 with a deficit of more than £45 million as a result of changes to the NHS tariff.
The hospital consists of the following:
The Avondale Unit closed in late 2010 which offered Mental Health Services to the area, which has since moved to the sister hospital at Chorley. The hospital boasts the Cancer Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria (Rosemere Unit), network neurosurgical services, a Renal Dialysis Unit, Cardiac Catheter Suite, X-ray, CT, PET CT and MRI Scanners, with extensive outpatient departments and day case clinics. The Hospital also hosts the Sharoe Green Maternity and Gynaecology Unit which was moved from the former Sharoe Green Hospital, the Neurology Rehabilitation services were the last services to move from Sharoe Green to the Royal Preston site in 2013.
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