It is managed by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

[1] In June 2016, after the accident and emergency department was closed because of staffing issues, protesters sought the immediate restoration of the facility.

[5] In October 2020 the trust agreed to reopen the department and this was condemned by 17 emergency medicine consultants as unsafe while "Lancashire is in the midst of a surge in covid-19 cases, filling both inpatients and critical care beds.

"[6] In February 2021 Matt Hancock issued instructions that plans to close the accident and emergency department should not proceed.

[9] Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust responded to the report stating that the COVID-19 backlog was responsible for a number of their ratings falling below the previous levels.