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  • Published on: 21 December 2023

    • Hospital services
    • Furness General Hospital
    • Royal Lancaster Infirmary
    • Westmorland General Hospital
    • Millom Hospital
    • Queen Victoria Hospital
    • Ulverston Health Centre
    • Community services
    • Working in partnership
    • Delivering outstanding care and experience
    • Campaigns and awareness

    Winter conditions can be seriously bad for our health, especially for people aged 65 or older, and people with long-term conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, diabetes or heart or kidney disease.

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  • Published on: 19 December 2023

    • Making improvements
    • Delivering outstanding care and experience

    Please be aware that the mobile breast screening unit will be moving from Minerva Health Centre in Preston to Lytham Primary Care Centre at the end of January 2024.

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  • Published on: 19 December 2023

    • Campaigns and awareness

    The Well Communities, a service that primarily aims to help people recover from addiction, utilised the NHS Population Health Investment Funding to help over 200 residents stay well last winter. 

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  • Published on: 19 December 2023

    • Making improvements
    • Royal Lancaster Infirmary
    • Delivering outstanding care and experience
    • Making the best use of our resources

    All are welcome at a special grand opening event for the new Urology Department at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on Wednesday 10 January.

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  • Published on: 15 December 2023

    • Making improvements
    • Technology
    • Furness General Hospital
    • Royal Lancaster Infirmary
    • Westmorland General Hospital
    • Millom Hospital
    • Queen Victoria Hospital
    • Ulverston Health Centre
    • Community services
    • Delivering outstanding care and experience
    • Creating the best culture and conditions for colleagues
    • Campaigns and awareness

    A leading Lancashire and South Cumbria-based respiratory consultant has advised people with respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma to be extra vigilant this winter and ‘protect their lungs’.

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  • Published on: 15 December 2023

    We produce a newsletter bi-annually to update our Members about everything that’s happening across the Trust.

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  • Published on: 14 December 2023

    • Campaigns and awareness

    ​Hospitals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are preparing to face 'significant pressure and disruption' this Christmas with further strikes planned to take place.

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  • Published on: 13 December 2023

    • Making improvements
    • Hospital services
    • Furness General Hospital
    • Royal Lancaster Infirmary
    • Westmorland General Hospital
    • Community services

    People in North Lancashire and South Cumbria who have suspected skin cancer are to benefit from faster diagnosis thanks to ground-breaking new technology at UHMBT.

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  • Published on: 12 December 2023

    • Campaigns and awareness

    Are you suffering from anxiety or depression?

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  • Published on: 12 December 2023

    • Making improvements
    • Technology
    • Furness General Hospital
    • Royal Lancaster Infirmary
    • Westmorland General Hospital
    • Millom Hospital
    • Queen Victoria Hospital
    • Ulverston Health Centre
    • Community services
    • Delivering outstanding care and experience
    • Creating the best culture and conditions for colleagues
    • Campaigns and awareness

    With Christmas just around the corner, health professionals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging people to stock up their medicine cabinets and order repeat prescriptions in good time.

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