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How to spot the signs and symptoms of Strep A infection
The most common type of Strep A infection is scarlet fever.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/how-spot-signs-and-symptoms-strep-infection
Practice safe sex over the festive period
There are a number of things that can be done in Cumbria Sexual Health services to reduce your risks around sex - from ensuring you have good contraception, to providing medication to protect you from HIV depending on your risks.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/practice-safe-sex-over-festive-period
Review of the Year 2022
We take a look back at some of the Trust's most memorable moments in 2022.
Make smoking a thing of the past in 2023
The new year is a good time to try and kick the habit.
Local NHS appoints over 100 healthcare assistants in a day
The biggest and most successful health recruitment event ever seen in north Cumbria has taken place.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/local-nhs-appoints-over-100-healthcare-assistants-day
Stay switched on! Get help with energy and keep healthy, says region's NHS
Don't miss out on vital help with your energy services – that's the message from health and care leaders to patients who rely on power for their health.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/stay-switched-get-help-energy-and-keep-healthy-says-regions-nhs
Social isolation: Looking out for a neighbour
Many patients are in a position where they are medically fit to be discharged but can’t go home because of issues in their home, such as burst pipes.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/social-isolation-looking-out-neighbour
Building work progresses at West Cumberland Hospital
Building work continues at WCH
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/building-work-progresses-west-cumberland-hospital
Getting help to power your health
The new Stay Switched On campaign, supported by the NHS and the region's Association of Directors of Public Health, is calling on patients who need extra help to sign up to their energy supplier's priority services register.
Files
Medicines - Possession of Substances Liable to Abuse Policy
This Policy sets out the procedures that must be implemented if staff suspect that a patient in their care or a visitor is illegally in possession of, or supplying or using what is believed to be or suspected of being an illicit substance.
Medicines Reconciliation for Adult Patients Policy
This policy sets out the procedural steps needed to ensure that an accurate medication history is taken for patients on admission to North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) hospitals.
Self Administration of Medicines Policy
This policy gives guidance to the circumstances where self-administration of medicines by patients when in a hospital setting is approved and supported. It also allows for patients/carers administering medicines to patients, where this is usual practice at home.
