Westmorland General Hospital
01539 732288
Furness General Hospital
01229 870870
Royal Lancaster Infirmary
01524 65944
Millom Hospital
01229 402600
Ulverston Health Centre
01229 484045
Queen Victoria Hospital
01524 591680
Visiting is permitted across Furness General Hospital, Westmorland General Hospital and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary between 2 – 8pm every day.
Please be aware that there is separate visiting guidance in our maternity services for mums and birthing partners.
Although visiting will be open during these hours, we would like to stress the importance of allowing enough time for our patients to rest and recuperate during their hospital stay, and encourage visitors to consider making visits of one hour where possible.
Restrictions may need to be reintroduced on wards that are declared to have an infection outbreak. In all other areas, patients will be allowed a maximum of two visitors at a time. Patients in our Emergency Departments can be accompanied by one visitor where necessary.
Where restrictions are in place, visiting will continue to be permitted in the following instances:
Visiting restrictions are subject to change at short notice dependent on levels of infection. Please be aware that visits are not always guaranteed.
Visitors should not visit any health or care setting if they have any COVID-19 symptoms, or are knowingly COVID-19 positive.
There is no longer a requirement to wear a mask within all areas unless there is a request on entering a specific ward or unit; this could be because of the risk to other patients or that there is a potential risk to yourself.
We ask that anyone that has to come to the hospital and has any symptoms of a cold, Flu or COVID, and are able to, please wear a mask.
If you have any symptoms of diarrhoea, Cold, Flu or COVID then we ask that you do not come to the hospital for visiting.
If you would prefer to wear a mask at all times, it is your personal choice and you will be supported by UHMBT colleagues when visiting the sites. It is vital however that when masks are worn, they are changed in a timely manner with appropriate hand hygiene.
Hand hygiene is a vital part of infection prevention and we ask that all patients and visitors wash or sanitise their hands at the available sanitiser stations or hand wash sinks.