Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) is a hospital near
Oxenholme
Oxenholme is a village in England just south of the town of Kendal, with which it has begun to merge. It is best known for Oxenholme Lake District railway station on the West Coast Main Line. Because Oxenholme does not have its own church it ...
in
Kendal,
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...
, England. It is managed by the
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB or UHMBT) is an NHS Foundation Trust in North West England, providing services in South Cumbria and North Lancashire in the Morecambe Bay area. It has about 6,000 employees and ...
.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Kendal Memorial Hospital founded in 1869.
This became the Westmorland County Hospital in 1906.
It was decided to construct modern facilities in the early 1990s and a new hospital was opened by the
Princess Royal
Princess Royal is a style customarily (but not automatically) awarded by a British monarch to their eldest daughter. Although purely honorary, it is the highest honour that may be given to a female member of the royal family. There have been se ...
on 6 July 1992. An upgraded cardiac centre designed to treat over 1,000 patients each year was opened in August 2017. A scheme to create a new resuscitation area and an upgrade of the macular unit was initiated in July 2018.
Services
An inspection by the
Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England.
I ...
in October 2016 assessed the performance of the hospital as "good". Hospital Radio is provided by Bay Trust Radio.
See also
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Healthcare in Cumbria
Healthcare in Cumbria was the responsibility of Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group until July 2022. On 1 April 2017 32 GP practices left the CCG and merged with Lancashire North CCG to form Morecambe Bay CCG.
History
From 1947 to 1974 NHS serv ...
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List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
* Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottingha ...
References
External links
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Hospitals in Cumbria
NHS hospitals in England
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