Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, has criticised University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust (UHMBT) over their plans to repurpose some wards at Furness General Hospital and ...

The 12-bed ward treats people with acute psychiatric conditions Plans ... a hospital psychiatric unit have been dropped following a public campaign. The Kentmere Ward at the Westmorland General ...

Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust said Kentmere inpatient unit at Westmorland General Hospital was to close ... on the site's long term plans would take place later in the year.

Patients of a ward at Westmorland General Hospital that's to close by the end ... ensuring they are fully informed and that their care plans are appropriate for their needs. Dr Andy Brittlebank ...

A protest against plans to ... to a Cumbrian hospital has attracted thousands of marchers, organisers say. Under proposals drawn up by the local health trust, acute medical patients would no longer be ...