Members of the public have been invited to celebrate 40 years since the opening of Furness General Hospital. The Barrow ...

More than 30 families are taking legal action against a hospital in Cumbria blaming poor care and medical negligence for a catalogue of baby and maternal deaths and injuries. Furness General ...

More than 30 families have taken legal action against a hospital in Cumbria blaming poor care and medical negligence for a catalogue of baby and maternal deaths and injuries. Furness General ...

Dr Ahmed Elshafey was suspended by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in 2023 for his misconduct while working at Furness General Hospital in Barrow, Cumbria. The tribunal heard ...

Furness General Hospital (FGH), in Barrow, Cumbria, was slammed for shocking failures in a bombshell report that became known as the Morecambe Bay scandal back in March 2015. It prompted a ...

Consultant-led maternity services will move from Furness general on 5 February Maternity services at a Cumbrian hospital where a number of babies died are being moved to another hospital because ...

Joshua Titcombe, Alex Davey-Brady, Chester Hendrickson and his mother Nittaya, died at Furness General Hospital in Cumbria in 2008. The Health Service Ombudsman has revealed in a report on the ...

Joshua died at Furness General Hospital in 2008, from a simple infection which could have been treated by antibiotics. Credit: Photo: PA 1. What led to to the scandal at Morecambe Bay? Up to 19 ...

The “brand new unit” will replace the current facility that was at the centre of the high profile review by Dr Bill Kirkup into care failings that led to maternal and baby deaths at Furness General ...

Their investigation into the death of nine-day-old Joshua Titcombe at Furness General Hospital in 2008 was widened after complaints from other families. An inquest ruled Joshua died as a result of ...

A dad who lost a testicle after an operation went wrong is set to sue the hospital where it happened. The 62-year-old underwent a 30-minute procedure at Furness General Hospital in Barrow ...