Health news
Fire service wish you a merry but safe Christmas
Published 17 December 2008
WITH fully-decorated Christmas trees now standing proud in living rooms across the county, Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service is warning people to take extra care to prevent accidental fires.
Cancer support’s store collection a big success
Published 17 December 2008
A SUM of £2,485 was raised for Macmillan Cancer Support during a collection week at Morrisons supermarket, Whitehaven.
Eleanor Rigby paper in auction
Published 3 December 2008
A 97-year-old document that contains clues to the identity of Eleanor Rigby, the subject of one of the Beatles’ best-loved songs, sold for £115,000 at auction last Thursday.
Fundraisers’ cakes banned by hospital
Published 20 November 2008
EFFORTS by a voluntary group to help their local hospital have taken a knock-back after a ban on selling home-made cakes has been issued by health trust bosses. Comment on this story
Jump threat
Published 19 November 2008
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman who was threatening to jump from the sixth floor of The West Cumberland Hospital on Friday was persuaded to come down by police negotiators. Officers were called at 8.25am after receiving reports of a patient threatening to jump.
Caution after drugs charge
Published 12 November 2008
A WEST Cumbrian dietician was cautioned by a health body this week after being convicted of possession of cocaine, cannabis and date rape drug GHB
Depression led Egremont man to end his own life
Published 12 November 2008
AN EGREMONT man hanged himself in a hospital toilet with his shoelace, an inquest heard last Thursday.
Charity calling for your old phones
Published 12 November 2008
FRIZINGTON’S Maria Kyles is urging people to donate their old mobile phones to a medical charity.
New MS website launched to help
Published 16 October 2008
A WEBSITE has been created for the Copeland Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society to include medical information and treatments for sufferers and carers.
Hospital Trust rated excellent
Published 16 October 2008
THE health trust which runs West Cumberland Hospital has seen a big improvement in the latest performance ratings.
Seeking your health care views
Published 8 October 2008
VIEWS on health and social care services can now be given to LINk, the new Cumbria Local Involvement Network being launched on October 22.
Vivian’s swimming the Channel!
Published 8 October 2008
YOUNG swimmer Vivian Mclaughlin is swimming the equivalent of the English Channel for charity.
Pub’s three days of fund-raising
Published 24 September 2008
A WHITEHAVEN pub is aiming to raise £1,500 over three days in support of a children’s charity.
‘Council must come up with priority site for new hospital’
Published 17 September 2008
COPELAND needs to come up with a preferred site for a new West Cumberland Hospital soon to put an end to speculation, said a councillor.
Body parts inquiry hits ethical snag
Published 17 September 2008
THE nuclear industry “body parts” inquiry has hit a major hitch over a doctor’s concerns that his patients’ medical records remain confidential - even after they are dead.
Helping smokers give up
Published 27 August 2008
MORE than 2,200 people across Cumbria managed to give up smoking with help from the NHS last year.
Councillors consider land plans
Published 27 August 2008
COPELAND councillors were today (Thurs 28) meeting at the Johnson House site at Hillcrest to look into the controversial plans to sell off the land.
Pensioners heat rather than eat
Published 27 August 2008
PENSIONERS in Cumbria are going without food so they can afford to pay the rising cost of fuel.
Cancer victim fears eviction as she prepares for operation
Published 20 August 2008
A WHITEHAVEN woman who is suffering from cancer fears she is about to be evicted from her home as she prepares to go into hospital for life-saving surgery.
Cholesterol rates among worst in UK
Published 23 July 2008
WEST Cumbria is facing a health time bomb, with cholesterol rates in both Copeland and Allerdale now among the highest in the country.
