It was managed by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

The hospital has its origins in an infirmary established to support Haslingden Workhouse in 1912.

[2] It was renamed Rossendale General Hospital on joining the National Health Service in 1948.

[2] After services moved to the new Rossendale Primary Healthcare Centre, the hospital closed in September 2010.

[3] The workhouse and infirmary buildings were all demolished in late 2013 and the site was subsequently developed by Taylor Wimpey for residential use.