The company said the development would secure production at Morecambe Bay well beyond 2020.
There have been fears among locals of a repeat of the Morecambe Bay tragedy.
The University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust announced in January it would hold an internal inquiry.
Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust said special care baby services would move to Lancaster from 5 February.
Restrictions and contamination at other beds have made those in Morecambe Bay especially popular.
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Tragically, picking cockles in Morecambe Bay, with its racing tides and quicksands, is also perilous.
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The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust said the situation was now "significantly improved".
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has faced critical reports from the CQC and Monitor.
Gas production has begun in a new gas field in Morecambe Bay, securing the future of 400 jobs.
Police are already investigating the University Hospitals Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust after the death of Joshua Titcombe, of Dalton.
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is discouraging people from visiting patients who still have symptoms.
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The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust welcomed the announcement the independent inquiry into previous failings could start.
Tony Halsall stepped down as chief executive of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in February 2012.
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The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust (UHMBT) had been battling against proposals from NHS Lancashire to centralise vascular services.
Morecambe Bay Hospitals Trust said levels of sickness at the unit were so high the safety of patients could not be guaranteed.
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He also made the extraordinary assertion that a restrictive immigration policy would help downtrodden illegal immigrants, such as the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers.
Their report criticised the way it did not make sure all essential standards were being met at University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.
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The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which runs hospitals in Barrow, Kendal and Lancaster, told staff it faced a "serious financial challenge".
Research company Dr Foster gave Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust and the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust higher than average ratings for their patient death rates.
In a statement, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust said work to improve the breast unit at Furness General Hospital would be starting shortly.
It was set up in the wake of the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which at least 21 Chinese cockle pickers drowned in rising tides.
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust welcomed the appointment.
"We've worked Morecambe Bay (in Lancashire) for a few years now, that's closed and we've got ourselves permits to come down here because we've got no work, " he said.
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Ms Sheldon is particularly concerned at the registration as safety compliant of the University Hospitals NHS Trust for Morecambe bay in Cumbria, which was awarded foundation trust status in October 2010.
The University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust was given a rating 24% higher than average for deaths in hospital and a 14% higher than average rate of deaths both in and out of hospital following treatment.
In January this year, the Health Select Committee also expressed concern over the circumstances surrounding the registration as safety complaint of Morecambe Bay, and the CQC has hired consultants at Grant Thornton to investigate allegations of a cover-up.
The area around Lancaster is very special to John who rates the Morecambe Promenade and it views across the Bay at sunset as his favourite place in the county.
Colwyn Bay pier once hosted performances by stars like Elvis Costello, Morecambe and Wise, Harry Secombe and Motorhead.
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