OPERATING theatres at Kendal's WestmorlandGeneral Hospital are busier than they ever have been.

For thefirst time, every available theatre slot is being used, and in the NewYear some evening operations are going to beintroduced.

Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust's board heardthat a new breast surgeon is due to start work at the WGH inJanuary.

Director of hospital services Bob Daunt said a lot ofhard work had gone into planning the increase in surgery and that it wasgoing very well so far.