The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria has secured proposed sites for new hospitals on new sites to replace both Royal Preston Hospital (Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and Royal Lancaster Infirmary (University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust) as part of a rolling programme of national investment in capital infrastructure beyond 2030 through the national New Hospital Programme.
The proposed site for the replacement of Royal Preston Hospital is the land between Stanifield Lane and Wigan Road, south of Stoney Lane, in Farington, near to the end of the M65 West.
Above: the proposed site of a replacement Royal Preston Hospital. (Image credit: Google, 2024.)
Above: the current site of Royal Preston Hospital, alongside the proposed site of a replacement Royal Preston Hospital. (Image credit: Google, 2024.)
The proposed site for the replacement Royal Lancaster Infirmary is Bailrigg East, Lancaster. Bailrigg East is land situated north of and in close proximately to Lancaster University.
Above: the proposed site of a replacement Royal Lancaster Infirmary. (Image credit: Google, 2024.)
Above: the current site of Royal Lancaster Infirmary, alongside the proposed site of a replacement Royal Lancaster Infirmary. (Image credit: Google, 2024.)
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has secured a site in the interim for a replacement Royal Lancaster Infirmary, and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has secured a site in the interim for a replacement Royal Preston Hospital. Should an alternative site become the preferred site, the Trust will enact the agreed exit strategy. Although no final decision has or can be taken at this stage, before the Trust can proceed to the consultation stage, a deliverable option is required to enable a full and transparent consultation process to commence.
It is important to state that no final decisions have been made. Although the NHS has secured potential new sites, we are open to other sites being suggested, which would be subject to the same comprehensive review as the proposed sites. We have an exit plan in place should the preferred potential sites not be required for new hospital builds.