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20 December 2021

Our International recruits - a year on

It is a year since some of our new International nurses arrived in the UK.

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17 December 2021

Midwife given national maternity award

Julie Haigh has been awarded the Chief Midwifery Officer’s Silver Award. 

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17 December 2021

Our winter plan – and how you can do your bit

Now we are into the winter months, we know that the pressure will not ease across health and social care. As well as managing the increased demand that winter always brings we…

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16 December 2021

NHS festive plea – get winter ready for a safe Christmas

Front line NHS teams from across the region are appealing to the public to help NHS services do their job at one of the busiest times of the year.

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14 December 2021

Advice for those who take medications that need refrigerating

The reason that some medications need to be kept in the refrigerator is to maintain the stability and effectiveness of that medication. 

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13 December 2021

Winter vomiting bug restricts visiting at Cumberland Infirmary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is urging the public to stay away from hospitals if they have any symptoms of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

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13 December 2021

Trust scores highly in national survey of young patients

The children’s’ wards at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust have scored top marks in many areas in a national survey of young patients which was undertaken during…

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9 December 2021

Know the signs of heart failure

In the UK the current estimate of people suffering with heart failure is around 900,000.

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8 December 2021

The COVID-19 Vaccine, a year on

The latest figures published by NHS England on December 2nd show that in north Cumbria the NHS as a whole has delivered almost 600,000 vaccines.

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