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!
And in case you missed it: 55 pictures of doctors, nurses and NHS workers at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary through the years

. 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

. 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

. 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

. 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

. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
The then MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, Eric Ollerenshaw, opens the Ophthalmic Unit at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary watched by nursing staff, young patient Callum Bell and consultant ophthalmologist Gilbert Ozuzu. Photo: Garth Hamer

. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Ann Kean, the Under Parliamentary Secretary of State for Health, pictured with staff nurses Kim Shield, Lindsey Bolton and Anna Evans, the then MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, Geraldine Smith and patient, William Hartley from Kendal, during the minister's visit to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. Photo: Garth Hamer

. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Warren Banks and Philip Wright, who competed in the Great North Run, present a cheque for £585 to staff nurse, Clare Tibke, for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary's Macmillan Appeal. Photo: Clive Dainty

. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Hilton Dawson, the then MP for Lancaster and Wyre, with staff nurses Chris Sowerby and Hilary Paisley, chats to patient Christine Taylor during a visit to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. Photo: GARTH HAMER

. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Patient at The Royal Lancaster Infirmary, 86 year old Martha Beakeman, enjoys the comfort of one of the new Vapourlux mattresses which were presented to the hospital by Ann Lowe (left) and Sally Dyer (second left) of the WRVS. Also pictured are Auxiliary Nurse Diane Atkinson and Facilities Officer at the RLI Sheila Charnley. Photo: DARREN ANDREWS

. NHS 75 - celebrating our local heroes
Diana Heyes, from Morecambe, was up for Most Inspirational Student Nurse of the Year at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2019. Photo: Submit

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