The Mid Yorkshire Regional Adults’ Burns Centre and Regional Children’s Burns Unit serve a population of approximately five million people across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
The Regional Burns Service was established in 1966 at Pinderfields Hospital as the first NHS-funded purpose-built facility in Britain for the treatment of major burns. It serves a population of approximately 5 million people across Yorkshire, Humber and North Lincolnshire and encompasses 16 A&E departments, 7 Walk-In Centres and 11 Minor Injury Units.
We provide care for adult patients with the most severe injuries and for those requiring the highest level of critical care at Pinderfields Hospital.
Children with burn injuries are also treated at Pinderfields Hospital, but children requiring Level 3 critical care are treated at the Paediatric Burns Centre at The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital or the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Children who are initially treated elsewhere can return to the Pinderfields burn service for step-down and ongoing management when their need for level 3 care has passed.
Patients with burn injuries often present with unique clinical, psychological and social challenges; a burn injury can be one of the most severe forms of trauma and therefore treatment in specialised services is required.