List of news
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20 November 2023
Around 14,000 people die every year in the UK as a direct result of falls or injuries sustained, with around a third of people aged 65 and over falling at least once a year.
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17 November 2023
- Making improvements
- Technology
- Furness General Hospital
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
- Westmorland General Hospital
- Millom Hospital
- Queen Victoria Hospital
- Ulverston Health Centre
- Community services
A caring and compassionate nurse from UHMBT was among several nurses and midwives trained abroad and working across the North West to have been recognised by The King for their contributions to the NHS at a royal reception at Buckingham Palace this week.
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17 November 2023
- Making improvements
- Furness General Hospital
All are welcome to join a ‘Light Up Walk’ in aid of the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at Furness General Hospital (FGH) at 5pm on Friday 17 November.
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16 November 2023
- Making improvements
There is only one month to go before the National Booking Service’s appointments for seasonal COVID-19 vaccination come to an end.
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15 November 2023
- Making improvements
- Technology
- Hospital services
A fantastic 24-hour Christmas Auction will be held by Bay Hospitals Charity from Monday 4 December to Tuesday 5 December 2023.
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13 November 2023
- Making improvements
- Technology
- Hospital services
- Westmorland General Hospital
Patients are set to benefit from a new £13.7 million Surgical Hub currently under construction at Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal.
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13 November 2023
- Making improvements
- Technology
Take charge of your health – that is the message from NHS chiefs this Self Care Week.
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10 November 2023
- New Hospitals Programme
The national New Hospital Programme would like to invite you to a 90-minute virtual workshop about your experience of using hospital facilities.
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31 October 2023
- Making improvements
As part of the drive to reduce elective waiting lists, NHS trusts are now proactively contacting patients who have been waiting over 40 weeks*, and do not have an appointment date within the next eight weeks, to consider their options to see if they could be seen sooner at a different hospital (*some clinical exclusions apply).
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30 October 2023
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Sensationally spooky Halloween displays are delighting young patients on the Children’s Ward and Children’s Outpatients Department at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) this week.