| East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust | |
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 Entrance to the Royal Blackburn Hospital | |
| Type | NHS Trust (Acute) |
| Region served | East Lancashire, England |
| Establishments |
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| Chief executive | Martin Hodgson [1] |
| Website | www |
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS hospital trust in Lancashire, England. It was established on 1 September 2002,[2] 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.[3]
Shazad Sarwar was appointed chair in 2022. He was Deputy Chair of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and has held many non-executive roles. [4]
- ^ "Trust welcomes new Chief Executive :: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust".
- ^ 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 2002, UK Statutory Instruments 2002, 2002, Wikidata Q99854267
- ^ This is Lancashire Archive Accessed 2010
- ^ "Shazad Sarwar announced as new Chair of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust". Lancashire Telegraph. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.