We are a University teaching hospital full of hard working and dedicated staff providing community and hospital services across the Morecambe Bay area – an area covering a thousand square miles in south Cumbria and north Lancashire.
We operate from three main hospitals – Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centers, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.
We employ over 7521 staff (excluding Bank only employees) or 8955 including Bank only employees. We have 625 inpatient beds in our hospitals (excluding Maternity and Abbey View). The Royal Lancaster Infirmary currently has 334 inpatient beds, Westmorland General Hospital has 41 inpatient beds, Furness General Hospital has 250 inpatient beds, and Millom Hospital has 9 inpatient beds
