{"id":14472,"date":"2025-07-22T03:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/14472\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T03:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:06:26","slug":"barrow-hospital-could-stop-treating-sickest-patients-permanently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/14472\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrow hospital could stop treating sickest patients permanently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since the suspension, over a six-month period 30 people have been transferred to RLI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Interim chief medical officer Dr Caroline Brock said University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust was &#8220;absolutely committed&#8221; to FGH and its future as a district general hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We understand the impact this will have on our colleagues and local community and that there may be concerns about what this means for FGH,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If the decision is made to make the changes permanent, we will work with our teams to develop a safe and effective treat and transfer model &#8211; using evidence-based learning from other trusts across the country who run similar services in geographically isolated areas like Barrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We will continue to work with the ICB and support colleagues, patients and families throughout.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the suspension, over a six-month period 30 people have been transferred to RLI. Interim chief medical officer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-14472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}