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Get tested at new coronavirus local testing site in Carlisle
11 Aug 2020
Press Release source: Department of Health and Social Care A walk-through coronavirus testing facility is to open at the Castle Car Park in Carlisle, as part of the [...]
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Ceremony marks the start of building work for cancer centre
24 Jan 2020
A ceremony to lay the first bricks will officially mark the start of building work on a multi-million pound cancer centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle [...]
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PATIENTS MARK COPD DAY WITH A BIG BREAKFAST
20 Nov 2019
Patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have been marking an awareness day with a big breakfast to raise funds for the British Lung [...]
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Cumbrian nurse carries out pioneering work in women’s health
20 Aug 2019
A specialist nurse in gynaecology at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, is blazing a trail in her profession by becoming the first Nurse Hysteroscopist in [...]
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Your input needed to design a new Community Cancer Nurse Service for North Cumbria
8 Jul 2019
A new Community Cancer Nurse service will be launching in North Cumbria in the near future, with support from Macmillan, and clinicians and health leaders would like [...]
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Let’s talk about mental health with blogger Kayleigh McManus
7 Feb 2019
Newly qualified mental health nurse Kayleigh McManus has been blogging for two years to raise awareness of mental health and self-care. Her work has recently been [...]
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Sepsis awareness month across north Cumbria
5 Feb 2019
This month (February), sepsis nurse specialists have planned a host of events and educational experiences across north Cumbria to build awareness and knowledge of [...]
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Demolition is underway for work to begin on new £35m cancer centre at the Cumberland Infirmary
30 Jan 2019
Work is ongoing to demolish the tower block building at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle to make way for the new £35m cancer centre. The centre will offer [...]
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Cumbria leads the way in prevention and management of Delirium
29 Jan 2019
A service which is the first of its kind in the UK is leading the way in screening and assessing patients to prevent delirium. The Memory and Later Life service at [...]
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STAY AT HOME IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF NOROVIRUS OR FLU
2 Jan 2019
The NHS is asking people to stay at home if they have symptoms of flu or norovirus and not visit vulnerable patients in hospitals, care homes and the wider [...]
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