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Trust boost to nursing workforce
The Trust has successfully filled vacancies to our nursing workforce using a combination of ground-breaking new approaches. Our nursing vacancy rate is now lower that it has ever been in north Cumbria at 6.4% which is almost half of the national average.
Acquired Brain Injury: Driving Advice
Patient information
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/patient-information-leaflets/abi-driving-advice
Acquired Brain Injury: What is an ABI?
What is an acquired brain injury?
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/patient-information-leaflets/what-is-abi
Measles on the rise: Check your child's vaccination record
Parents can do this by looking at their vaccine records in their red book.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/measles-rise-check-your-childs-vaccination-record
Amputee: Lower limb amputation
Information for patients and families following a lower limb amputation
West Cumberland hospital progress
It’s been a year since the first brick of the second phase on the £40m new hospital in Whitehaven was laid and a lot has happened in those 12 months.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/west-cumberland-hospital-progress
Amputee: Psychology
Psychology following your amputation
Diabetes: Exercise and sugar levels
The effects of exercise on your sugar levels
Medics invite students to get hands on at the Cumberland Infirmary
In July the Trust is hosting an event for teenagers to showcase the diverse careers in medicine that young people in Cumbria can follow. It will give those school students in years 11-13 the opportunity to speak to a range of medical professionals about what it is like to work for the NHS.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/medics-invite-students-get-hands-cumberland-infirmary
Physiotherapy: Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury
Advice following obstetric anal sphincter injury
Files
Purchasing Medicines for Safety Policy
This policy sets out the requirements of the Pharmacy Department within NCIC for the safe purchase of medicines.
Pharmacy Homecare Service Policy
This policy outlines how we commission and use homecare medicine services of a high quality that are delivered correctly, safely, in a ready to use form, at the right time for our patients, and to achieve the best value for the Trust and the wider NHS.
Clinical Risk Management System Policy
This Clinical Risk Management System (CRMS) outlines the processes to be followed to ensure that all healthcare IT used to support real-time/near real-time care within North Cumbria integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is developed, implemented, used and decommissioned in a safe manner.
