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...

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