From doctors and nurses to fundraisers and award winners, they have all had a part to play in shaping medical care across the district – and some continue to do so.
A big thank you to each and every one of them!
1. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Kim Mason-Milward with brother Jamie presents Staff Nurse Liz Chamberlain and Sister Lynn Watson from Lancaster's Royal Lancaster Infirmary Neonatal Unit with a cheque for £100. Photo: Mark Harrison
2. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Nurse Claire Metcalfe and colleagues in the Quiet Room converted with £2,200 she raised by taking part in fundraisers including a raffle, the Great North Swim and taking to the streets of Lancaster wearing a Victorian swimming costume. Photo: Nigel Slater
3. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Staff from the HSBC bank in Lancaster, Premier manager Emma Sanderson and Lancaster branch manager Andrew Hampson, present a cheque for £12,300 to chairman of the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Chris Gartside (left), matron Angela Whittaker (right) and sister Clare Remington. Photo: Garth Hamer
4. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Nursing auxiliaries Bridget Shuttleworth and Mavis Lancaster who were presented with long service awards for their combined 57 years' service at Lancaster Moor Hospital. Photo: MICHAEL WHITE