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Please keep emergency care for life-threatening conditions only during strike
Our medical director is urging people to use 999 or A&E for life-threatening conditions only as we gear up for more industrial action by junior doctors. Junior doctors in the British Medical Association will be taking strike action across the country for five days, between 7am on Thursday 27 June and 7am on Tuesday 2 July.
A&E live wait times
Our A&E departments and urgent treatment centres in north Cumbria are now publicising live waiting times. The data covers such details as current occupancy and how many patients have arrived in the past hour. We hope that by sharing this information it will keep people better informed and help reduce frustrations when waiting.
Maternity: Protecting your baby from low blood glucose - Hypoglycaemic
Patient information
General surgery: Anal fissures
Patient information
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/patient-information-leaflets/General-surgery-Anal-Fissures
General surgery: Haemorrhoids
Patient information
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/patient-information-leaflets/General-surgery-Haemorrhoids
Accessible online Covid-19 patient information
The NHS Library and Knowledge Services team at Health Education England (HEE) has collated accessible online Covid-19 patient information and resources f
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/accessible-online-covid-19-patient-information
Local COVID-19 contact tracing gets underway as public warned of scammers
Contact tracing is a critical part of the effort to contain COVID-19, and as part of the work being led by the national NHS Test & Trace service, partners in Cumbria are stepping up to the challenge.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/local-covid-19-contact-tracing-gets-underway-public-warned-scammers
Sexual Health teams support Cumbria’s contact-tracing system for COVID-19
The Sexual Health Team at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) have been working in collaboration with Cumbria’s Public Health Team and Local Authorities to support the county’s COVID-19 contact tracing initiative.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/sexual-health-teams-support-cumbrias-contact-tracing-system-covid-19
Updating your address will be live 22nd July - Making sure we can contact you
It is important that we have your latest contact details so we can inform you of any changes to your appointment(s) and/or conduct your appointment(s) over the telephone.
