UNIVERSITY Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Denis Lidstone, from Barrow, as a new interim non-executive director.

An experienced practi-tioner in programme management projects in both the public and private sector, he takes up the post for four months on an NHS secondment.

Mr Lidstone has had roles as a partnering director at BAE Systems and director of the UK Council for Electronic Business and as a temporary non-executive director of NHS North.