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Video Consultations offer more choice and flexibility to patients in Cumbria
New video consultation technology allows patients in Cumbria greater choice and flexibility with some of their appointments, reducing the need to travel.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/video-consultations-offer-more-choice-and-flexibility-patients-cumbria
A Conversation About Our NHS
A special public event is taking place in Whitehaven on Wednesday 30 October, to discuss how the local NHS is developing.
Award for Cumbria ‘digital midwife’
A midwife from Cumbria has been presented with an award sponsored by the Innovation Agency.
District Nursing
The District Nursing team provide nursing care to people in their own homes or in the community. We work closely with GPs and other healthcare professionals to help patients and their families manage both short and long term health conditions.
Ear, Nose and Throat
The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) service diagnose and treat patients with diseases and disorders of the head and neck. We treat conditions that affect your balance, hearing, smell and taste, as well as conditions that affect your voice, breathing, and swallowing.
NHS in Cumbria supporting Baby Loss Awareness Week
Events included a memorial service, coffee mornings and lighting up the courtyard at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, The Candlestick in Whitehaven and Distington Hall Crematorium in pink and blue.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/nhs-cumbria-supporting-baby-loss-awareness-week
Celebration of Allied Health Professionals Day
North Cumbria integrated Care NHS Trust (NCIC) has been celebrating its Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) as part of the national awareness day for the profession
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/celebration-allied-health-professionals-day
NHS in Cumbria asks ‘is this you?’ with new recruitment video
A new recruitment video has been launched in a bid to attract more people to work in the NHS in Cumbria.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/nhs-cumbria-asks-you-new-recruitment-video
If you're eligible to have the free flu jab please do - it saves lives.
As part of our winter campaign each week we are sharing advice and tips from our staff. Dr Helen Horton, Distington GP has shared information on the flu virus.
Keswick hospital staff celebrate new extension
A celebration event has been held at Keswick hospital to mark the completion of the building works to extend the inpatient ward.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/keswick-hospital-staff-celebrate-new-extension
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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.
FOI 0000 1999 Contact and income and management software
FOI 0000 2802 Senior Manager (SM) grade
FOI 0000 3029 pharmacy
FOI 0000 3204 infection prevention and control contact
FOI 0000 3230 neonatal and paediatric critical care pharmacy staffing level
FOI 0000 3303 Ellis grade 3 coronary artery ruptures