Health
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.
Patients petition to keep dispensary
Published 23 October 2008
A COCKERMOUTH doctors’ surgery is hoping its patients will not lose out if new Government policy goes ahead.
Resource centre opens as a family memorial
Published 23 October 2008
A NEW hi-tech resource room, packed with information and advice for people, has been set up at a health centre in Aspatria in memory of a patient.
Report highlights improving NHS services
Published 16 October 2008
NHS services in Cumbria are improving, according to a report published yesterday by independent health watchdogs.
Hospital boss denies racism
Published 16 October 2008
A HOSPITAL chief accused of assaulting a senior nurse and telling her she did not fit in because of her race has issued an outright denial.
Public will have their say on the new hospital site
Published 9 October 2008
PUBLIC consultation will be carried out on the location of a new West Cumberland hospital and health campus next spring, it has been revealed.
Doctor will talk on hospital plan
Published 9 October 2008
COCKERMOUTH people will get a chance to hear more about proposals for redevelopment of the town’s cottage hospital at a meeting later this month.
Jobs switch for nurses
Published 9 October 2008
ABOUT 30 nurses at the West Cumberland Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary will have to switch jobs.
Medical research centre set for new hospital site
Published 9 October 2008
PLANS to link the creation of a new hospital and health campus for West Cumbria into regeneration plans for the area will be discussed today.
Fight fat in fun way
Published 4 October 2008
FIGHTING fat can be fun. That’s the message from Maryport’s Netherhall Community Sports group on the launch of its third MEND programme aimed at helping overweight children aged between seven and 13.
Health finances looking healthy
Published 3 October 2008
THE ORGANISATION responsible for more than £700 million of NHS spending in Cumbria claims it is on a healthy financial footing.
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