A NEW community diagnostics centre could be coming to Furness General Hospital.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has submitted plans to Westmorland and Furness Council to build a single-storey modular building at the Barrow hospital.
According to planning documents, the proposed building would provide a community diagnostics centre including an MRI unit to support existing facilities at Furness General Hospital.
Plans say the site is an ‘unused piece’ of land within Furness General Hospital which previously housed a temporary theatre to support the hospital until it was demolished in 2018.
After the demolition of the building on the site, the area was planted with grass seed by the trust in a bid to remediate the impact of the long standing temporary theatre.
This planning application is currently undergoing public consultation.
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