A NEW service for adults in Cumbria who experience insomnia is up and running.

First Step, a talking therapies service at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) now offer a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) eight week programme.

The Trust has been working with Professor Jason Ellis and the Northumbria Centre for Sleep Research to offer CBT-I which has been proven to work effectively in a whole range of research trials.

Insomnia is thought to affect about one third of the general population in the UK. It is estimated between 10 percent and 50 percent of people attending primary care can be effected.

It can result in poor concentration, mood disturbance and daytime tiredness.

People can be referred by their GP or practice nurse or self-refer online at https://bit.ly/2gOKNSe