Covid vaccination teams at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust hospitals in Lancaster and Barrow have been boosted by a massive donation of hand cream from a UK toiletries company.
New vaccination centres at Kendal’s Westmorland Shopping Centre and Ulverston’s GSK Sports Centre are set to go live this week.
The Cancer Quality of Life Survey is a national survey run by NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England. The survey is for people in England who have been diagnosed with cancer.
New large vaccination centres at Blackpool Winter Gardens and Lancaster Town Hall are set to go live this week, along with additional community pharmacy sites.
There now 28 Recommendations left on the CQC Improvement Plan, 17 of these are Trust Wide Actions managed by Corporate Functions with only 11 still being managed by Clinical Care Groups.
Patients with coronavirus (COVID-19), who don’t need immediate hospital attention but are at high risk of developing serious symptoms, are being given special monitoring devices to use at home.
Generous members of the public who bought ‘NHS Heroes’ clothing from Barrow Raiders have helped the rugby league club make a donation of nearly £3,000 to Furness General Hospital.
A six-year-old girl from Barrow has raised £1,000 and counting for Furness General Hospital after pledging to run or walk a mile every day in January.
UHMBT has created digital COVID-19 antibody and swab testing services which have saved staff at its local hospitals 2,000 administrative hours in just three months.
Health and care leaders across the County are working together every day to manage the current pressures on their services due to COVID.