news
4 March 2025
Overseas NHS Workers' Day
This week we are celebrating the amazing contribution our International workforce bring to NCIC.
25 February 2025
Your breast screening appointment: why not to be embarrassed and what to expect
Breast screening in the UK is a program that uses mammograms to detect breast cancer in women between the ages of 50 and 71. It's offered every three years saves and around 1,300…
20 February 2025
Volunteering programme has given 25 careers with local NHS
Our Volunteer to Career programme is going from strength to strength, as we have now successfully secured funding for a third cohort. Through the scheme, we have already recruited…
10 February 2025
National HIV Testing Week
Professor Matt Phillips, Deputy Medical Director and Sexual Health Consultant is reminding the public that clinics are available across the county where people can get tested and…
7 February 2025
Normal service to resume for physiotherapy appointments
The clinics will return to the Sands Centre from Monday (FEB 10) after a short period away following disruption during Storm Eowyn.
30 January 2025
Intermediate care service saves over 5000 hospital bed days
The intermediate care service set up in 2023 is reaping success in avoiding hospital bed days, reducing overall costs and ultimately improving patient experience.
30 January 2025
University steps in to help NCIC’s physio patients after Sands Centre storm damage
When colleagues at the University of Cumbria (UoC) heard that NCIC’s physiotherapy appointments had been moved to telephone consultations following Storm Éowyn, they quickly…
29 January 2025
‘Step into work’: your future career in the NHS begins now
If you want to work in the NHS but don’t have the right qualifications, then our 8 week step into work programme is ideal for you.
28 January 2025
Patients attending Cumberland Infirmary asked to plan ahead due to temporary reduction in parking spaces
Patients attending appointments, or visiting relatives, are being asked to plan ahead due to temporary reduction in parking spaces at Cumberland Infirmary (CIC). A number of…
24 January 2025
Storm Éowyn causing disruption to services
As high winds are experienced across Cumbria today, some of our services are being affected by Storm Éowyn.