Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what departments at Westmorland General Hospital have had service improvements in each of the last 10 years; and what those improvements were.
Westmorland General Hospital has seen many changes to improve patient care and experience over the last 10 years including:
- The refurbishment and expansion of the Cardiac Lab;
- A new DEXA (Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry) scanner facility;
- The development of a Breast Screening Unit;
- The refurbishment of one of the Theatres;
- Improvements to the layout of the Urgent Treatment Centre;
- The opening of a new Oncology day unit;
- The development of the Endoscopy Unit to make it JAG (Joint Advisory Group) accredited;
- A new café in the entrance of the hospital;
- New LED lighting throughout the hospital;
- Improvements to radiology rooms and reception;
- A new water purification system for the Renal Unit;
- A new unit for muscular skeletal therapy; and
- A new unit for macular care.