Work is complete on a specialist palliative care unit in Whitehaven

The new specialist palliative care unit, the Loweswater Suite, is now ready to receive patients. The suite is located in the Copeland unit of the West Cumberland Hospital, and contains four specially developed en-suite bedrooms.

The specialist palliative care beds...

Cumbrian health professional nominated for national award
Cumbrian health professional nominated for national award An Assistant Practitioner at Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted f...
Care homes delivering gold-standard dementia care
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Cumbria launches your Deciding right on death and dying
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Don't forget the GP out of hours number this weekend
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Four days of celebration for University of Cumbria graduates
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Call for women to attend potentially lifesaving cervical screening
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The Legal Section: Redundancy - What is suitable alternative employment?
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Consultant eye surgeon joins team at Ghyllmount
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Student revisits her dream health career plans
The school holidays have been meticulously planned for student Anna Jacobs, juggling quality time with her kids and the demands of studying for success in her dream career. The single mother of two...
Youngsters Kick off to raise funds for Hospice Care.
Jean Rhodes a member of the Carlisle and North Lakeland Hospice at Home (far left) and Dawn Kidd a Nurse in Eden valley Hospice (far right) each receive a cheque for £805 from the Stanwix Girls...