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Printable patient information for all our services.

If you'd like to be sent information in another language or format e.g. Braille, large print or audio email communications@ncic.nhs.uk or call 01228 603890. 

You can also write to Communications, Park House South, Baron Way, Kingmoor Park, Carlisle CA6 4SJ

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Acquired Brain Injury: Driving Advice

Acquired Brain Injury: The Service

Acquired Brain Injury: What is an ABI?

Alcohol care team : Reduced appetite

Alcohol care team: Coping with craving

Alcohol care team:Tips for cutting down alcohol

Amputee: Antiperspirant

Amputee: Compression Sock

Amputee: Core Stability

Amputee: Diabetes and Exercise

Amputee: Driving after amputation

Amputee: Falls information

Amputee: Getting up from a fall

Amputee: Lower limb amputation

Amputee: Occupational therapy

Amputee: Orthotics following your amputation

Amputee: Phantom limb pain

Amputee: Physiotherapy Exercises Trans-tibial Amputation

Amputee: Physiotherapy following your amputation

Amputee: Physiotherapy Trans-femoral amputation

Amputee: Podiatry following your amputation

Amputee: Prosthetic department

Amputee: Prosthetic limb wearer

Amputee: Psychology

Amputee: Removable rigid dressing (RRD)

Amputee: Sports and activities

Amputee: Websites and resources

Anaesthesia:

Anaesthesia: Regional Anaesthesia

Arterial disorders of the lower leg

Bladder and Bowel service

Blood transfusion and alternatives (NHS Blood and Transplant)

Breast feeding: Harvesting Colostrum for your baby

Breast: Assessment centre

Breast: Eczema of the breast or nipple

Breast: Radiofrequency seed localisation

Cardiology - Pumping Marvellous - Heart failure guidance

Cardiology : Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram (DSE)

Cardiology : Elective Direct Current Cardioversion

Cardiology : Heart failure symptoms checklist

Cardiology : Implantable loop recorder

Cardiology : Transoesophageal Echocardiogram (TOE)

Cardiology: Blood clot

Cardiology: Cardioversion Elective

Cardiology: Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation:

Chaplaincy service

Childrens : Bladder and Bowel

Childrens Speech & Language therapy : Building connections

Childrens: Health Visiting

Colonoscopy: CT Colonography examination

Community Hospital: Keswick Hospital

Community Hospital: Loweswater Suite

Community Hospital: Penrith

Community Hospital: Workington

Community Hospitals: Cockermouth Community Hospital

Community Hospitals: Copeland Unit

Compliment, Comment or a Complaint:

Compliments, Comments, Concerns and Complaints

Confidentiality: Families and carers

Confidentiality: People who use our services

Confidentiality: Report concerns

Consent: A guide for patients and service users

Covid: Cognitive problems post Covid-19

Covid: Long Covid

Covid: Voice problems

Data Protection: How we use your information

Day Case Unit : West Cumberland Hospital

Diabetes: Charcot foot

Diabetes: Exercise and sugar levels

Diabetes: Foot care for patients at high risk

Diabetes: Foot care for patients at low risk

Diabetes: Foot care for patients at medium risk

Diabetes: Foot ulcers

Diabetes: Looking after your foot in remission

Diabetes: Multidisciplinary foot clinic

Diabetes: Plaster or fibreglass casting of foot ulcers

Diabetic Eye Screening

Diabetic foot clinic

Discharge to Assess

District nursing

Duty of Candour: Being open

Easy read - Breast feeding NHS

Easy read - Problems after Sepsis NHS England

Easy read - Signs of Sepsis - NHS England

Easy read : Complaints

Easy read : Confidentiality

Easy read : Consent

Easy read : Lung check - NHS

Easy read : Ophthalmology: Eye check

Easy read : Sepsis - How to avoid NHS England

Elective Care Suite : Cumberland Infirmary

End of life : Information for bereaved relatives

End of life : Taste for pleasure

End of life : When someone is dying

Endoscopy - Colonoscopy

Endoscopy : Combined - Gastroscopy Oesophago-gastro duodenoscopy (OGD) and Colonoscopy

Endoscopy : ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)

Endoscopy : Gastroscopy - Oesophago-gastro duodenoscopy (OGD)

Endoscopy : Low residue diet

Endoscopy : Moviprep - afternoon

Endoscopy : Moviprep- morning

Endoscopy: Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (Enema Preparation)

ENT: Anosmia (Loss of smell)

ENT: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

ENT: Betnovate Lotion

ENT: Brandt Daroff exercises

ENT: Douching

ENT: Eardrops

ENT: Exercises to regain balance

ENT: Laryngopharyngeal Reflux – LPR

Epidural: Blood patch

Fibroscan: Ultrasound

Freedom of information

General Data Protection Regulation UK

General surgery : Anal fissures

General surgery : Haemorrhoids

General surgery : Rectus abdominus divartication

Gynaecology : Bleeding and/or pain in early pregnancy

Gynaecology : Endometrial cancer - RM partners

​​​​​​​Gynaecology : Endometrial Pipelle Biopsy

Gynaecology : Imiquimod treatment for Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)

Gynaecology : Outpatient medical termination of pregnancy

Gynaecology : Patient initiated follow up

Gynaecology : Patients undergoing testing for Endometrial (womb) Cancer

Gynaecology : Wide local excision (WLE) of a vulval lesion

Gynaecology: Active Surveillance of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN2)

Gynaecology: Borderline ovarian tumours

Gynaecology: Cervical Polyp

Gynaecology: Cervical Punch Biopsy

Gynaecology: Cervical Screening History

Gynaecology: Cold Coagulation

Gynaecology: Colposcopy examination

Gynaecology: Cryocautery

Gynaecology: Discharge from follow-up clinic

Gynaecology: Hysterectomy for Endometrial Cancer

Gynaecology: Hysteroscopy

Gynaecology: Loop Excision of the Transformation Zone (LLETZ)

Gynaecology: Neoplasis (VIN)

Gynaecology: Oncology

Gynaecology: Out patients Hysteroscopy

Gynaecology: Smear tests after hysterectomy

Gynaecology: Vulval Biopsy

Hernia - Making a decision about an inguinal hernia NHS leaflet

Hernia : Inguinal Hernia

Information for inpatients

Leg Ulcer: Care of Your Skin

Leg Ulcer: Compression Bandaging

Leg Ulcer: Compression Hosiery

Leg Ulcer: Doppler Information

Leg Ulcer: Venous disorders of the lower leg

Leg Ulcers: Exercises

Lung - CT Scan

Lung - Targeted lung health check NHS

Lung cancer - spot early - Cancer research

Lung investigations: Guide to lung tests

Lung nodules information - NHS

Maternal Mental Health

Maternity : Fetal heart monitoring during labour

Maternity : Gestational Diabetes

Maternity : Glucose tolerance test

Maternity : Healthy eating for Gestational Diabetes  

Maternity : Induction of labour

Maternity : Keeping your baby safe

Maternity : Low PAPP-A hormone

Maternity : Planned Caesarean Section

Maternity : Protecting your baby from low blood glucose - Hypoglycaemic

Maternity : Registering a birth

Maternity : Screening for diabetic eye disease during pregnancy

Maternity : Vitamin K for new born babies  

Maternity: Antidepressants in pregnancy and breastfeeding

Maternity: My birth plan

Maternity: Pain relief in labour

Medical records: Access requests 

Minor Injuries: Ankle Injury

Minor Injuries: Back pain

Minor Injuries: Broken nose

Minor Injuries: Burns and scalds

Minor Injuries: Calf Injury

Minor Injuries: Chest Injury

Minor injuries: Clavicle fracture

Minor Injuries: Distal radial fracture

Minor Injuries: Elbow crutches

Minor injuries: Foot fracture

Minor Injuries: Head injury (Adults and older children)

Minor Injuries: Head injury (Children)

Minor injuries: Hip fracture

Minor Injuries: Knee injury

Minor Injuries: Mallet finger injury

Minor Injuries: Neck sprain

Minor Injuries: Nosebleed

Minor Injuries: Pretibial laceration

Minor injuries: Proximal humeral fracture

Minor Injuries: Pulled elbow

Minor injuries: Radial head or neck fracture

Minor Injuries: Shoulder injury

Minor Injuries: Tetanus immunisation

Minor injuries: Virtual fracture clinic

Minor Injuries: Wound closure strips

Oncology: Acute Oncology Service (AOS)

Ophthalmology : Dilating eye drops for children

Ophthalmology: Contact lens service

Ophthalmology: Contact lenses

Ophthalmology: Contact Lenses for Keratoconus

Ophthalmology: Corneal cross-linking

Ophthalmology: Soft contact lens

Ophthalmology: Spectacles for children

Orthodontics: Cover plates for impacted canines

Orthodontics: Fixed brace instructions

Orthodontics: Jaw joint problems

Orthodontics: Jaw surgery

Orthodontics: Jaw Surgery (Orthognathic)

Orthodontics: Keeping your teeth and braces clean

Orthodontics: Looking after your functional brace

Orthodontics: Looking after your removable retainers

Orthodontics: Mandibular advancement devices for obstructive sleep apnoea

Orthodontics: Rapid maxillary expansion

Orthodontics: Removable brace

Paediatric minor injuries - Greenstick fracture: Distal radius and/or Ulna

Paediatric minor injuries - Salter Harris fracture - Wrist

Paediatric Minor injuries : Soft tissue injury

Paediatric minor injuries: Broken scaphoid bone

Paediatric minor injuries: Buckle fracture soft cast

Paediatric minor injuries: Buckle fracture splint

Paediatric minor injuries: Minor fracture to finger

Paediatric minor injuries: Soft tissue knee injury

Palliative Care - Administering Buccolam

Palliative Care : Buprenorphine Patches

Palliative Care: Fentanyl Patches

Palliative Care: Just in Case Medication

Palliative Care: Medication and Driving Advice

Palliative Care: Oral Morphine or Oxycodone

Palliative Care: Pregabalin

Palliative Care: Steroids

Palliative Care: Syringe Driver

Palliative Care: The Specialist Palliative Care Service

Physiotherapy: Abdominal surgery

Physiotherapy: Falls

Physiotherapy: Musculoskeletal

Physiotherapy: Neurological

Physiotherapy: Perineal injury

Podiatry : Bunions in children and young people

Podiatry: Bacterial infection

Podiatry: Chilblains

Podiatry: Children’s Footwear

Podiatry: Corns and callus

Podiatry: Foot ulcers

Podiatry: Footwear and hosiery

Podiatry: Fungal nail infection

Podiatry: Fungal skin infection

Podiatry: High risk foot

Podiatry: Nail care

Podiatry: Offloading

Podiatry: Plantar fasciitis

Podiatry: Podiatry service

Podiatry: Pressure damage

Podiatry: Rheumatoid foot

Podiatry: Verruca

Podiatry: Ways to reduce risk of infection

Pregnancy: Manual Vacuum Aspiration Miscarriage

Pregnancy: Termination

Pregnancy: Termination MVA

Pressure ulcers: Helping to prevent pressure ulcers

Pressure ulcers: Helping to prevent pressure ulcers for children

Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Classes

Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Options

Radiology : CT Colongraphy - Gastrografin 50mls Bottles x 2

Radiology : CT Colongraphy - Omnipaque 350 100mls Bottles x 1

Radiology : CT Colongraphy - Omnipaque 350 100mls Bottles x 2

Radiology: Contrast Injection (Gadolinium)

Radiology: Gynaecological Pelvic and Transvaginal Ultrasound Scan

Radiology: Obstetric Ultrasound Scan Rooms - Adults

Radiology: Obstetric Ultrasound Scan Rooms - Children

Radiology:CT Colongraphy : Gastrografin 100mls Bottle x 1

Respiratory : Targeted Lung Health Checks

Respiratory: Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) and Bilevel positive airway pressure (BIPAP)

Safeguarding - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

Sepsis

Sexual Health : FSRH CEU Statement: Mirena® 52mg LNG-IUD

Sexual Health: Care of genital skin

Sexual Health: Coil fitting

Sexual Health: Implanon

South Lakes and Furness Children's Community Nursing team

Speech & Language : Normal voice

Speech and Language Therapy (Adults)

Speech and Language: Coughing

Speech and Language: Persistent throat symptoms

Spirometry: Community Diagnostic Spirometry Service

Stroke: Continence Following a Stroke

Stroke: Driving after stroke

Stroke: Early Supported Stroke Discharge Team

Stroke: Emotional Wellbeing After a Stroke

Stroke: Rehabilitation at home

Stroke: Relationships and Intimacy After a Stroke

Stroke: Stroke Wellbeing Service

Stroke: Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

Testosterone replacement therapy : (TRT)

Unexpected death : Useful information

Urology: Eliminating bladder Irritants

Urology: Nephrectomy

Urology: Nephrostomy Tube

Vascular : Preventing Venous Thromboembolism

Virtual ward

Virtual ward : Hypercapnia

Virtual ward : Oxygen weaning

Virtual ward : Traffic light pathway

Wound care

X-ray: NHS

X-Rays: During pregnancy

Information for inpatients

A guide is to help you and your family or loved ones to understand:

  • what you can expect during your stay
  • how to stay safe
  • how we will support you, from when you come in to when you leave

 

Useful information 

NHS website

EIDO leaflets

The Trust subscribes to EIDO Healthcare which produces a wide range of patient information leaflets which provide information on health conditions and related treatments and operations.

The leaflets have been prepared by healthcare specialists and are fully endorsed by the Trust. They can help you to understand your condition and the treatment options available to you.

Health Advice film resources 

Educational film resources explaining the most effective ways of managing long-term conditions are being made available to patients. 

The Sound Doctor explain how making simple lifestyle choices can improve quality of life and prevent ill health by covering a range of conditions and topics that include:

  • Ageing well at home
  • Back Pain
  • COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
  • Dementia
  • Diabetes
  • Heart
  • Keeping well at work including stress and anxiety
  • Lifestyle choices
  • Sleep course

Corona virus information

Corona virus information - accessible format - Useful links  to information for vaccines in alternative languages and accessible formats.
 

 

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Please call the number on your appointment letter if you have a question or need to change or cancel. You can also find contact information on our services pages.

Cumberland Infirmary: 01228 523444

West Cumberland Hospital: 01946 693181

Community services: 01228 602000

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