AN OPEN day will take place at a hospital for people to see its new chemotherapy and breast care facilities.

East Lancashire's new £750,000 chemotherapy and breast care facilities at Burnley General Teaching Hospital are set to thrown open their doors.

Patients, staff and the general public have been invited to come and view the new facilities.

The new Primrose Chemotherapy Suite and East Lancashire Breast Clinic were partly funded by £127,000 in public donations following a successful fundraising campaign, organised by Rosemere Cancer Foundation.

The four-hour open day follows the official opening event and is being held just four days before the new clinics welcome their first patients.

Kevin McGee, chief executive at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “The new chemotherapy and breast care units at Burnley General Teaching Hospital will build on the trust’s excellent reputation for cancer treatment, as well as speeding up diagnosis and reducing the number of hospital visits’ patients need to make.

“Swift diagnosis and treatment help reduce the anxiety experienced by patients and the devastating impact that cancer can have on individuals and families.”

It takes place today (Thursday) between 3pm and 7pm at Burnley General Teaching Hospital, level three, Edith Watson Building (area three).