Health
LATEST: Cockermouth hospital plans approved
Published 28 November 2008
PLANS for Cockermouth’s new community hospital moved a step closer yesterday after its business case plan was approved.
Two GP surgeries move to hospital
Published 27 November 2008
TWO Cockermouth doctors’ surgeries will move to the new £14.6 million community hospital in the town.
Hospital improves palliative care
Published 27 November 2008
NEW plans have been unveiled to improve palliative care and rehabilitation services at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven by merging two wards.
Kidney consultant backs donor opt-out
Published 27 November 2008
A KIDNEY specialist at the Cumberland Infirmary has joined calls for an opt-out scheme for organ donation.
Cockermouth hospital plans revealed
Published 24 November 2008
PLANS for Cockermouth’s new £14 million community hospital have been revealed.
GP’s coeliac award
Published 20 November 2008
A MARYPORT doctor has been given a GP of the year award at a national ceremony.
Blow to hopes of organ donor increase
Published 20 November 2008
TRANSPLANT patients and doctors in West Cumbria have been left frustrated by a Government decision on organ donation this week.
How we’re changing the habit of a lifetime – and living longer
Published 20 November 2008
A MARYPORT woman, who has smoked for 40 years, is one of thousands of West Cumbrians now kicking the habit.
Awards honour the work of outstanding NHS staff
Published 20 November 2008
HEALTH workers in Workington were among those honoured at an NHS awards night last week.
Hospital hygiene green light
Published 20 November 2008
NORTH Cumbria’s hospital staff have transformed the way they stamp out the spread of infection.
A transplant is not less than getting your whole life back
Published 13 November 2008
A SEATON woman who was given her life back by a kidney transplant is encouraging others to join the organ donation register.
GP prescriptions
Published 13 November 2008
COUNTY councillors are backing a bid to ensure Cumbrian doctors’ practices can continue to dispense prescriptions.
Six-year wait for call that will bring my life back to normal
Published 6 November 2008
A GREAT Broughton man, who has spent six years waiting for a kidney transplant, has joined the call for people to sign up to the organ donation register.
Free get fit programme for overweight youngsters
Published 6 November 2008
A FREE 10-week programme for overweight children and their families has been set up in Workington and Cockermouth.
New hospitals trust boss facing debt challenge
Published 6 November 2008
THE NEW chief executive of the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary has spoken of the challenges she faces at a trust with £23 million of debts.
Transplant message is ‘the gift of life’
Published 30 October 2008
A MARYPORT man who was given the gift of life is helping to spread a key message that could save others.
Retiring doctor will carry on working
Published 30 October 2008
SURGEON Nimal Jayatilaka has retired from the West Cumberland Hospital and the Territorial Army but is determined to keep working.
Donate an organ and give life
Published 30 October 2008
THE FAMILY of Theo Davies, the 14-month-old who died this month while waiting for a heart transplant, are urging everyone to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register.
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Published 23 October 2008
ALLERDALE will get its own night nursing team as the result of an investment by NHS Cumbria.
Cottage hospital ‘health village’ plans revealed
Published 23 October 2008
PLANS to rebuild Cockermouth’s cottage hospital to include extra services to cope with the increase of pensioners in the town have been revealed.
