List of news
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28 April 2022- Quality and safety
- Bay Health and Care Partners
People living across Lancashire and South Cumbria have been encouraged to be ready for the upcoming May bank holiday weekend by planning ahead for repeat prescriptions and using the most appropriate NHS service.
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26 April 2022- Quality and safety
- Colleague health and wellbeing
- Finance and transformation
UHMBT launches areas of focus for 2022/23.
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26 April 2022- Bay Health and Care Partners
People living with long-term respiratory conditions across Morecambe Bay can now access ‘Breathe Easy’ groups based in the community. The groups are an Integrated Care Community (ICC) initiative supported by volunteers and are affiliated with Morecambe Bay Respiratory Network and Asthma + Lung UK.
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22 April 2022The RLI and FGH sites are now in an improved position with less patients waiting in our Emergency Departments, a small number of beds available on both sites, and no immediate patient safety concerns. Therefore, the Trust has taken the decision to formally de-escalate to OPEL Level 3.
Whilst de-escalation to OPEL Level 3 is positive news and a real testament to colleagues and our partners; our services do remain under extreme pressure. Therefore, we will continue to work closely with our partners to monitor the pressures and take appropriate action where needed.
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20 April 2022- Quality and safety
- Colleague health and wellbeing
- Furness General Hospital
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
- Westmorland General Hospital
- Community services
- Bay Health and Care Partners
We are again running at extremely high levels of occupancy and continue to see huge rise in demands for our services. Attendances at A&E are rising; there are ongoing challenges in discharging patients who are well enough to leave hospital; and staffing levels in some areas are difficult. All of this is resulting in longer waits than we would like for patients to be seen and admitted.
Because of these pressures, the Trust has taken the decision to escalate to OPEL 4 - the highest level of internal escalation. This allows us to be able to take additional steps to maintain safe services for our patients and help us cope with the growing pressures. -
13 April 2022- Bay Health and Care Partners
Health and care sector and voluntary services, teams and individuals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are being thanked in recognition of the outstanding contributions made throughout the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and in support of the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
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12 April 2022
- Quality and safety
Our maternity services team, and the whole Trust, have carefully taken some time to reflect on the contents of the final report of the independent maternity review into Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.
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7 April 2022Leading Muslim NHS doctors are stressing that having a life-saving COVID vaccine during Ramadan does not break the daylight hours fast, with the NHS spring booster campaign now underway.
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1 April 2022- Quality and safety
The spring edition of the Morecambe Bay Medical Jou
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1 April 2022- Bay Health and Care Partners
Welcome to the tenth edition of our Bay Health and Care Partners (BHCP) newsletter where we will update you every month on the collaborative work that is taking place in Morecambe Bay’s Place-Based Partnership and the outcomes and benefits for communities.