Burnley General Hospital

Burnley Health Care NHS Trust is split over two sites:

Burnley General Hospital, Casterton Avenue, Burnley  BB10 2PQ
Tel: 01282 425071

Pendle Community Hospital, Leeds Road, Nelson, Lancs
Tel: 01282 474929

Postgraduate Centre: Mackenzie Medical Centre, Burnley General Hospital

	Situated in North East Lancashire with excellent motorway links, and with its rural backdrop and surrounding hills, Burnley is a very friendly and welcoming place to live and work.
	Burnley Health Care NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 242,000 within the Boroughs of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale.
	A large 850 bedded district general hospital, Burnley General has undergone considerable development and refurbishment, and further major works are going ahead.  There is an extensive range of educational facilities available in the Mackenzie Medical Postgraduate Centre with a well stocked library and CD Rom search facilities, and we have an excellent staff restaurant, which offers a variety of food, including special diets and out of hours catering facilities.
	There are a wide range of sporting activities available locally in the William Thompson Centre and Burnley Football Club, a selection of local theatres, pubs and clubs, a working museum reflecting Burnley's past association with 'King Cotton', and two stately homes!
	You will have every support during your placement and the opportunity for plenty of clinical experience, and we very much look forward to seeing you in Burnley.

Pendle Community Hospital

A small 72-bedded hospital, Pendle Community was opened in 1991 and forms part of Burnley Health Care Trust.  It provides a wide range of services for the population of Pendle, including in patient facilities for GP patients and for Medicine for the Elderly.  In addition, there is an out patient department, day hospital and rehabilitation department.

Pendle Community Hospital is situated in Nelson, part of the Borough of Pendle, and is three miles from Burnley General Hospital.  It can be reached from the M65, Junction 13 or via the A56.

Rossendale General Hospital

A medium-sized 166 bedded General Hospital providing a much appreciated local facility for the Borough of Rossendale.  The Hospital provides a wide range of out patient, day patient, x-ray and rehabilitation services.  The principal in patient facilities are in the specialities of psychiatry, medicine for the elderly, general medicine and surgery. 

Ten miles from Burnley General, Rossendale General can be reached via the M65 and M66 motorways.

For further information, maps and directions please refer to the DGH Quick reference.