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Study to track COVID-19 in NHS staff commends North Cumbria as a top recruiter
The SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) study’s overall aim is to determine if prior infection of COVID-19 can provide future immunity to re-infection.19 therapy
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/study-track-covid-19-nhs-staff-commends-north-cumbria-top-recruiter
Tips for pregnant women and new mums on No Smoking Day
Gillian Connery, assistant practitioner and maternity stop smoking advisor at NCIC, shares her tips. You can use nicotine replacement therapy
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/tips-pregnant-women-and-new-mums-no-smoking-day
Storyboards feedback patient experience to wards
Patient story boards have been introduced to chart the patient’s journey which considers a range things such as confidence and trust, feeling safe, noise at night and thoughts about the people caring for them. supporting the respiratory outpatient physiotherapy team with collecting feedback from patients …
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/storyboards-feedback-patient-experience-wards
New Long Covid Assessment service established
Patients who have had Covid-19 and have experienced symptoms which have lasted for longer than 12 weeks are now being referred into the North Cumbria Long Covid Assessment service.ve been able to recruit more therapy and wellbeing staff and it
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/new-long-covid-assessment-service-established
World Autism Awareness Day 2021
Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people see the world and how they interact with others. y refer the child to the Speech and Language Therapy Team given it is a communication issue.
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/world-autism-awareness-day-2021
NCIC Long covid service showcased at national level
Staff from across the Trust delivering the Long Covid Service to patients across the county have been sharing learning and experiences nationally.pecialist with the Adult Speech and Language Therapy …
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/ncic-long-covid-service-showcased-national-level
Dying Matters Week
Between May 10 and 16 people are being encouraged to talk to their loved ones about what they would – and wouldn’t – like that experience to be like. one and group therapy sessions. Their team can also signpost to ot
Long COVID service gives Lisa fantastic care
A year after contracting COVID-19 Lisa Rowe from Workington is still suffering longer term effects of the virus. The worst thing for her aside from the debilitating fatigue is that she has developed voice problems meaning she can’t speak except with a whisperreferred by Barbara in the respiratory physiotherapy team to the speech and language therapy team
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/long-covid-service-gives-lisa-fantastic-care
Building work complete on multi-million pound cancer centre at Cumberland Infirmary
The exciting project has created a modern state-of-the-art environment for staff, patients, carers and their relatives. two linear accelerator radiotherapy machines a chemotherapy day unit with 15 tr…
Multi-million pound cancer centre at Cumberland Infirmary opens to patients
A new cancer centre on the site of the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle has welcomed its first patients.
It marks the culmination of two years’ work with an investment of £35million in north Cumbria to improve health outcomes for the local population.
those requiring very specialist radiotherapy and children and young people with cancer wi…
https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/news/multi-million-pound-cancer-centre-cumberland-infirmary-opens-patients
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