Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital

Details

Name :

Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital

Address  :

Preston Road

Town  :

Chorley

State  :

Lancashire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

PR7 1PP

Phone  :

01257 261222

Fax  :

01257 245495

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

Chorley and South Ribble Hospital is part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals which was successful in becoming the first Foundation Trust in the county It provides a range of acute services to local residents serving an area of around 390000 It also provides specialist services such as plastic surgery renal cancer and brain surgery to 15 million people in Lancashire and South Cumbria

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals which runs Chorley and South Ribble Hospital provides a range of acute services to local residents It serves an area of around 390000 local people and offers specialist services such as plastic surgery renal cancer and brain surgery to 15 million people in Lancashire and South Cumbria
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