[7] Following the formation of the NHS Trust in 1990 and budget cuts imposed by the Government in the early 1990s, the hospital on Chapel Street closed in 1994 and was converted into luxury flats.

[8] A memorial stone tablet to commemorate the nurses killed during the Blitz remains above the original Chapel Street entrance.

[7] Meanwhile, the original hospital in Hope, which was built on the south side of Eccles Road between 1880 and 1882 to accommodate sick paupers working at the local workhouse, was known as the Salford Union Infirmary.

The construction work, which was designed by Ryder / HKS[11] and carried out by Balfour Beatty at a cost of £136 million, was completed in 2012.

[8] In January 2018, it was announced that a major trauma centre, complete with a rooftop helipad, would be built at the Salford Royal Hospital at a cost of £48 million.