New Prime Minister Theresa May has been asked to step in to save hospital services across Cumbria.

Meanwhile Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who has previously declined calls to visit the area, has been urged to "step up and take responsibility" by finally making the journey to Cumbria.

Copeland MP Jamie Reed is ramping up pressure following Mrs May's appointment, and her subsequent announcement that Mr Hunt will continue in his role as Secretary of State for Health.

His junior minister Ben Gummer had pledged to visit Cumbria after meeting with local campaigners in Westminster a few weeks ago. Mr Hunt had been due to host the meeting at the Department of Health, but cancelled with less than 24 hours notice.

However despite listening to the concerns of campaigners - who are fighting to save services at the West Cumberland Hospital as well as cottage hospital beds - Mr Gummer has now been moved to the Cabinet Office as part of the reshuffle.

It means the promised visit will not go ahead.

Mr Reed had also written a personal letter to David Cameron ahead of him standing down as Prime Minister, asking him to fulfill promises he made about services after the west Cumbria shootings.

After he failed to reply before leaving office, Mr Reed has now written direct to Mrs May, who was Home Secretary at the time of the shootings, asking her to honour her predecessor's pledge.

And he continues to press Mr Hunt to visit Cumbria, particularly the Whitehaven hospital. "I have tabled a Parliamentary Question, highlighting the fact that Ben Gummer failed to visit the hospital, and calling on Jeremy Hunt to step up and take responsibility," he said.

North Cumbria is one of three troubled areas where health services are under review by the Success Regime. Another is North Devon, where Mr Reed claims Conservative MP Peter Heaton-Jones has been given assurances about maternity care - an key area campaigners in west Cumbria are fighting to save.