The Westmorland Gazette | Lancaster

Silverdale woman faces up to ski 'monster'

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0000

A BRAVE Multiple Sclerosis sufferer will ski down the equivalent of the height of Mount Everest three times in as many days in a gruelling challenge in March.

Lancaster University to be national hub for Chinese studies

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:10:00 +0000

by KATE PROCTOR A NEW centre for Chinese learning aims to provide local students and firms with opportunities to study the country’s language and culture.

Lancaster University student's father discovered son's death on Facebook

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:48:03 +0000

A POLICE chief apologised today after it emerged that the father of a student blasted to death on Boxing Day found out about his son's murder on Facebook.

Watch out for sheep rustlers

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:10:00 +0000

FARMERS are being urged to keep sheep away from roadside fields to beat rustlers.

7,000 back campaign to bring radiotherapy centre to Kendal

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:10:00 +0000

SEVEN thousand campaign signatures have been handed to health bosses demanding a radiotherapy centre for Kendal.

£1.5m emergency care revamp at Royal Lancaster Infirmary

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:22:09 +0000

HOSPITAL bosses have announced a £1.5m investment to improve emergency care services at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Health committee takes trust chief to task

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:50:00 +0000

BELEAGURED hospital trust boss Tony Halsall was grilled by county councillors after Westmorland Gazette revelations over a catalogue of health failings.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Ambulance waits rising elsewhere

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:59:00 +0000

AMBULANCE waiting problems at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, revealed by The Westmorland Gazette, are echoed elsewhere in England, the BBC said.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Crudely-titled email sparks watchdog probe

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0000

A GOVERNMENT watchdog has launched an investigation into an incident where midwives emailed an crudely-titled file with confidential patient details to an unknown party.

Coronation Street star Kate Ford sings on charity single for Lancaster toddler

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:10:00 +0000

WITH VIDEO: Celebrities have stepped up to the microphone with a Carnforth High School pupil to record a charity single for a terminally-ill three-year-old.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Andrew Lansley says trust must improve

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:06:25 +0000

THE Health Secretary has spoken of the need for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust to improve – with haste.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Staff's morale 'has hit rock bottom'

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

THE morale of nurses and doctors at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust is at ‘rock bottom’, according to a union leader.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Death rate grading is highest in country

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:10:00 +0000

THE University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has the highest hospital mortality grading in the UK.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: GPs, baby death dad and hundreds of patients join call for change

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:30:00 +0000

BELEAGUERED hospital bosses have refused to resign despite mounting public pressure and growing anger among local health professionals.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Issues at Barrow baby unit ‘have been dealt with’, says trust

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:30:00 +0000

TRUST bosses say they have met the demands of a health watchdog which has power to close the troubled maternity unit at Furness General Hospital.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: MP Tim Farron ‘swamped’ with complaints

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:30:00 +0000

ANGRY hospital staff and patients swamped MP Tim Farron’s weekly surgery following damning revelations featured in last week’s Westmorland Gazette.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Boss refuses to quit but admits ‘life’s very uncomfortable’

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:30:00 +0000

HOSPITALS trust boss Tony Halsall yesterday refused to step down despite admitting his job had become ‘very uncomfortable’.

Lancashire bus stations’ electronic display boards to be switched off

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:33:16 +0000

A DECISION to axe electronic display boards at five Lancashire bus stations has been condemned as ‘risible’.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Consultant calls for resignations

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0000

A DAMNING indictment of the management culture at Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust has been delivered by one of its own consultants.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust under fire: Boss admits problems but won’t respond to ‘quit’ call

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0000

MORECAMBE Bay hospitals trust boss Tony Halsall has addressed the issue of follow-up appointment failures which it has been claimed affected more than 30,000 outpatients.