Furness General Hospital
Address and phone number
- Address
- Dalton Lane, Barrow In Furness, LA14 4LF
- Phone
- 01539 732288 (University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust switchboard)
Address from the Care Quality Commission; phone number from the NHS Organisation Data Service. Visiting times and parking differ between wards, so check with the hospital before you travel.
Waiting times
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust reports one set of waiting times for all its hospitals, including Furness General Hospital. At the end of August 2026, half of its 36,391 patients waiting for planned treatment had waited less than 10.8 weeks, against 12.2 weeks across England.
| Specialty | Median wait | Waiting |
|---|---|---|
| General surgery | 18.9 wks | 2,372 |
| Urology | 11.9 wks | 2,246 |
| Orthopaedics | 12.7 wks | 6,403 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 11.2 wks | 3,615 |
| Ophthalmology (eyes) | 7.5 wks | 2,671 |
| Oral surgery | 14.2 wks | 2,393 |
| Plastic surgery | 5.0 wks | 86 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 3.4 wks | 13 |
| General medicine | 5.7 wks | 94 |
| Gastroenterology | 10.1 wks | 2,541 |
| Cardiology (heart) | 6.3 wks | 695 |
| Dermatology (skin) | 4.7 wks | 1,253 |
| Respiratory medicine | 7.2 wks | 445 |
| Rheumatology | 11.1 wks | 895 |
| Elderly medicine | 5.3 wks | 213 |
| Gynaecology | 13.0 wks | 2,750 |
| Other medical specialties | 12.0 wks | 3,545 |
| Other paediatric specialties | 9.8 wks | 2,171 |
| Other surgical specialties | 9.9 wks | 1,505 |
| Other services | 5.8 wks | 485 |
More about waiting times at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Care Quality Commission rating
Furness General Hospital: Requires improvement. Published 30 January 2026. Read the CQC report (opens in a new tab)
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust overall: Requires improvement. Published 23 August 2023.
Some ratings are several years old; the date shows when it was published. Source: Care Quality Commission.
A&E
In September 2026, 73.5% of the 14,033 people who went to A&E at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust's departments were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours, against 74.4% across England. NHS England publishes this for the trust as a whole. A&E figures over the past year
In an emergency call 999. For urgent help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 (opens in a new tab).
Other NHS hospitals nearby
You can usually choose where to have planned NHS treatment. Hospitals run by other trusts, with each trust's median wait across all specialties:
| Hospital | Distance | Trust median wait |
|---|---|---|
| Fleetwood HospitalBlackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 16.6 miles | 14.5 wks |
Straight-line distance. Waits differ a lot between specialties; search by treatment and postcode to compare the one you need.
Other hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster
- Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal