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The Beardwood Hospital (part of Circle Health Group)

📍 Blackburn

Community hospital · founded 1988 · non-profit foundation

★ 4.89 · 420 reviews

About

There are 18 beds at The Beardwood Hospital.Over 100 Consultants attend the hospital and provide a wide range of specialities ranging from breast surgery to orthopaedic surgery. The outpatient consulting suite has 10 consulting rooms and operates a flexible appointment system to accommodate the needs of the patient and consultants. In addition, a treatment room is used for minor operative procedures, wound care clinics and nurse-led clinics.There is a wide range of services are at the hospital, including general surgery, dermatology, neurology, cosmetic procedures and pain management. Clinical Support Services include radiology, physiotherapy, pathology and Pharmacy. The hospital has a wide-bore MRI scanner, two operating theatres equipped with a laminar flow system and a minor operating suite.Ambulatory Care Unit (McGrath Suite)The McGrath Suite, which opened in 2017, is a six-bedded day-case suite named in honour of the hospital's longest-serving team member Sister Pat McGrath. The new suite was developed in line with modern healthcare needs, whereby techniques have improved so much that people who might have otherwise needed an overnight stay after their operation can now return home the same day.

Legal name
The Beardwood Hospital (part of Circle Health Group)
Governance
Board of directors · CEO appointed annually
Employees
2,000

Capacity

Total beds 500
ICU 40
NICU 10
PICU 7
OR theatres 16
Delivery rooms 5
ED bays 20
Cath labs 3

Annual volume

Admissions / yr 45,633
Outpatient 250,000
ED visits 40,000
Births 750
Surgeries 12,500

Emergency capabilities

  • Trauma centre — Level III
  • Stroke: Comprehensive Stroke Centre
  • Chest-pain centre certified
  • Door-to-balloon: 45 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
  • Door-to-needle (stroke): 39 min

Subspecialty centres

🎗 Cancer centre: Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Transplant programmes

  • Cornea

Robotic + advanced surgery

  • da Vinci Xi

All departments

  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Emergency

Quality metrics

MetricValueBenchmark
Risk-adjusted 30d mortality 2.14% EU avg 3.0%
HAI rate per 1000 patient-days 1.64 EU avg 1.8
30d readmission rate 14% EU avg 14%
Patient satisfaction (HCAHPS-like) 88% EU avg 76%

Accreditations & certifications

  • 🏅 ISO 9001:2015 · 2024
  • 🏅 JCI International · 2023
  • 🏅 HIMSS EMRAM Stage 6 · 2024 · level 6

Research & teaching

  • 24 Residency programs
  • 8 Fellowships
  • 1500 Active trials
  • 1,000 Publications / yr
  • €50M Research funding

University: Local university medical school

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Patient experience

Room categories
ward · semi-private · private
Meals
standard · halal · kosher · vegan · gluten-free · pediatric
Chaplaincy
Christian · Muslim · Jewish
Private bathroom
private + suite rooms
Wi-Fi
Free in all rooms

International patients

Office
International Patient Services
Languages
EN · DE · AR · RU
Partner hotels
Local 4-star partner

Awards & rankings

  • Top hospital — Blackburn

    EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025

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