Revealed: the NHS plan to close, consolidate or ‘reshape’ 11 maternity units
Eleven maternity and neonatal units across England face closure, consolidation or ‘reshaping’ under plans to transform obstetrics care in the … Read more
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Cumbrian ambulance boss warns maternity transfer plans are ‘not clinically safe’
Ambulance boss Derek Cartright does not believe controversial plans to transfer women more than 40 miles while in labour are … Read more
Warning ambulance pressures will worsen if Success Regime health cuts go ahead
Campaigners are questioning how Cumbria’s ambulance service will cope with more work after inspectors flagged up major staff shortages and … Read more
‘Positive’ talks over bid to save beds at Wigton cottage hospital
Hospital campaigners in Wigton are optimistic after talks about their alternative plan to save beds were said to be “positive”. … Read more
Campaigners stage ‘die-in’ outside Carlisle hospital in protest at Success Regime proposed cuts
Lives will be lost was the message from health campaigners, who staged a “die-in” at the entrance to Carlisle’s Cumberland … Read more
A&E, cancer and maternity units to close in major NHS overhaul
Thousands of hospital beds are set to disappear, pregnant women will face long trips to give birth and a string … Read more
Plans to cut Cumbria’s health services are ‘flawed’, say campaigners
High-profile criticism of the Government’s new health reforms shows that controversial plans to cut health services across Cumbria are flawed, … Read more
Success Regime region consults on major services restructure
NHS services in West, North and East Cumbria are consulting on the possibility of closing some services in order to … Read more
GP practice forced to stop patients booking appointments in advance
A GP practice in Carlisle has stopped allowing patients to book appointments in advance because of the immense pressure it … Read more