STAFF at Furness General Hospital are celebrating its 25th birthday this week.
Tomorrow (Wednesday), University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust will hold a party for staff, patients and visitors - past and present - to share memories, stories and a slice of birthday cake.
On display will be various snippets from the past 25 years including press cuttings and photographs of the hospital, which was officially opened by the Queen and now employs 1,725 staff.
Key services offered including an emergency department, oncology unit, critical care Unit, maternity and special care baby unit and outpatient services.
A spokesman for the trust said: "We are very proud of Furness General Hospital. Our staff work extremely hard, day in, day out, to provide top class healthcare for everyone in Barrow and the surrounding area.
“We’re the only hospital that receives trauma patients on the west coast of Cumbria and we’re strengthening our services. Our midwives deliver more than one thousand babies every year and we’re totally committed to keeping the consultant-led maternity unit in Barrow.
“Thank you to all our staff, patients, fundraisers and you, the community, for your support over the past 25 years – here’s to the next quarter century."
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