Cancer
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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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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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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New west Cumbria Chemotherapy suite to provide more treatment closer to home
24 Aug 2018
A newly renovated chemotherapy unit is to open at the West Cumberland hospital. The Henderson Suite has now moved to its new home at the former special care baby [...]
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‘The Game of Long Life’ – new campaign launched to increase bowel cancer screening uptake
11 Apr 2018
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and this week sees the launch of a new campaign that aims to increase the uptake of free bowel cancer screening in Cumbria. [...]
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