It is managed by the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.

[3] It was decided to construct modern facilities in the early 1990s and a new hospital was opened by the Princess Royal on 6 July 1992.

[4] An upgraded cardiac centre designed to treat over 1,000 patients each year was opened in August 2017.

[5] A scheme to create a new resuscitation area and an upgrade of the macular unit was initiated in July 2018.

[6] An inspection by the Care Quality Commission in October 2016 assessed the performance of the hospital as "good".