Blackburn Birthing Centre

NHS hospital Run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Blackburn

Address and phone number

Address
Park Lee Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NX
Phone
01282 425071 (East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust switchboard)
Directions
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Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.

Waiting times

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Blackburn Birthing Centre. At the end of August 2026, half of its 46,343 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 9.4 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.

Waiting times at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust by specialty, August 2026
SpecialtyMedian waitEngland medianWaiting
General surgery 12.3 wks 12.8 wks 3,145
Urology 6.7 wks 12.2 wks 1,992
Orthopaedics 7.4 wks 13.9 wks 6,583
Ear, nose and throat 7.4 wks 15.4 wks 3,545
Ophthalmology (eyes) 11.8 wks 10.4 wks 4,340
Oral surgery 11.1 wks 16.4 wks 3,537
General medicine 9.5 wks 10.2 wks 5
Gastroenterology 5.9 wks 11.0 wks 1,931
Cardiology (heart) 7.1 wks 11.9 wks 1,862
Dermatology (skin) 13.0 wks 10.5 wks 2,385
Respiratory medicine 4.9 wks 10.4 wks 640
Rheumatology 11.9 wks 10.9 wks 842
Elderly medicine 2.6 wks 7.6 wks 85
Gynaecology 14.1 wks 14.2 wks 7,278
Other medical specialties 10.1 wks 10.7 wks 3,412
Other paediatric specialties 10.0 wks 12.3 wks 1,585
Other surgical specialties 8.6 wks 11.4 wks 3,128
Other services 3.8 wks 8.7 wks 48

More about waiting times at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Care Quality Commission rating

Blackburn Birthing Centre: Good. Published 6 January 2023. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)

Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.

A&E

In September 2026, 75.6% of the 25,242 people who went to A&E at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year

In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).

Other NHS hospitals nearby

You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:

NHS hospitals near Blackburn Birthing Centre
HospitalDistanceTrust median wait
Chorley and South Ribble HospitalLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 7.8 miles 14.2 wks
Bolton OneBolton NHS Foundation Trust 11.2 miles 13.3 wks
Royal Albert Edward InfirmaryWrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 13.6 miles 13.6 wks
North Manchester General HospitalManchester University NHS Foundation Trust 18.2 miles 12.8 wks
Salford Royal HospitalNorthern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 18.2 miles 15.5 wks
Ormskirk District General HospitalMersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 19.7 miles 12.1 wks

Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.

Other hospitals run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust