Furness General Hospital

[1] In May 2001 a DNA test was conducted in the hospital on a body recovered from the infamous Bluebird K7 crash which demonstrated that it was indeed that of Donald Campbell.The death of Joshua Titcombe and a suppressed report by the Morecambe Bay NHS Trust brought the spotlight onto the hospital in 2011 when investigations began.[5] Claims of medical records being intentionally destroyed alongside the discovery of major wrongdoing on behalf of midwives led to threats of closure to the maternity ward.[13] The hospital and attached nursery were put on lockdown on 2 November 2018 after an armed man was spotted nearby the grounds with an air weapon.[14] An average of between 1,200 and 1,300 babies are delivered in FGH every year, this is one of the lowest figures of any general hospital in North West England.
The South Lakes Birth Centre opened in 2018
A North West Air Ambulance helicopter attending an incident in Shap , Eden before heading to FGH with the patient
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