East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS Organisation, which was formed on the 1st April 2003, following the merger of Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Care NHS Trust and Burnley Health Care NHS Trust At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust We are currently applying to become a Foundation Trust as we believe that it will provide real benefits for our patients, our staff, our services and the organisations we work with We are always try to deliver the highest quality care to our patients and have ambitious plans to continue to improve the services we offer in response to the changing needs of our patients We provide high quality services for the local population of over half a million people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area