The Trust closed the Accident and Emergency department at Burnley General Hospital in November 2007, replacing the department with an Urgent Care Centre, to treat less serious cases, with more serious cases would have to travel (by ambulance) to the Emergency Department at the Royal Blackburn Hospital [REF].
In December 2011, Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle claimed a partial victory, with news of a new £12m emergency unit [REF].