News from 2025/2026
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Published on: 17 April 2025
- Community services
- Campaigns and awareness
People in the North West are being reminded to use NHS111 online as their first point of contact for non-emergency medical advice over the Easter bank holiday weekend from 18 to 21 April.
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Published on: 16 April 2025
- Delivering outstanding care and experience
- Creating the best culture and conditions for colleagues
Dr Helen Skinner has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT).
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Published on: 14 April 2025
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Visiting has been suspended on Ward 35 and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) due to a norovirus outbreak affecting patients and colleagues.
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Published on: 9 April 2025
- Making the best use of our resources
UHMBT has been awarded almost £3m of national funding to install solar panels at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Furness General Hospital and Westmorland General Hospital.
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Published on: 4 April 2025
- Working in partnership
As the Easter bank holidays are approaching, health officials in Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging people to get their repeat prescriptions in on time.
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Published on: 3 April 2025
- Making improvements
- Furness General Hospital
- Community services
Patients, local people and staff are set to benefit from a new £5.8million Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) which is under construction on land at Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow and set to open in 2025.