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Maternity wards receive top praise from local mums in CQC survey

29 Jan 2020

Three maternity wards in Cumbria are celebrating after receiving top praise from local mums. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published results of a national [...]

Double success for maternity information system

19 Nov 2019

A project that allows women in north Cumbria to be the first in the country to have access to digital maternity notes won two awards in the prestigious APM Project [...]

First ‘digital’ baby born at West Cumberland Hospital

31 Jul 2019

The first baby born using entirely digital maternity notes in north Cumbria has been born at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven. The new digital system replaces [...]

Consultant-led maternity services to be maintained at West Cumberland Hospital

4 Jul 2019

Consultant-led services will remain in west Cumbria following a decision by NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) Governing Body today. It follows a [...]

Electronic maternity notes now available to women across Cumbria – with case study

10 May 2019

Women registering their pregnancy in Cumbria are now some of the first across the country to have access to electronic maternity notes, all via an app. The app, [...]

Maternity 12 Month Review Period To End Amid Positive Progress

12 Mar 2019

The 12 month review of maternity services at West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven will end this month. There has been positive progress over the year, and there [...]