Health
New bid to end fluoride in water
A MARYPORT woman is calling for the Department of Health’s 30-year policy of adding artificial fluoride to the West Cumbrian water supply to be suspended.
Last updated 30 March 2007
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Meeting for Seacroft Centre parents
A MEETING is being organised for parents of children who use the Seacroft respite centre in St Bees.
Last updated 30 March 2007
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Sign up to stop privatised NHS
CUMBRIANS are being urged to sign an online petition opposing privately-run health clinics.
Last updated 30 March 2007
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Cash for child centres
CHILDREN’S centres in West Cumbria will get a £250,000 grant from NHS Northwest to ensure a full range of health and wellbeing services are in the children’s centres.
Last updated 30 March 2007
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£70k for drug support group
A GRANT of almost £70,000 has been greeted with delight by a Workington charity.
Last updated 30 March 2007
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CATS centres will take NHS cash
EAR, nose and throat provision in Cumbria will suffer if provided by the controversial “quick fix” privately run clinics, an MP has claimed.
Last updated 24 March 2007
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More time for CATS talks
HEALTH chiefs are being given more time to decide how they want proposed new privately-run services to operate.
Last updated 23 March 2007
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O2 axes emergency call line
A MEDICAL help team trying to call the ambulance service while a woman struggled to breathe found their mobile phone had been disconnected.
Last updated 23 March 2007
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Petition goes to parliament
A 7,000-NAME petition will be handed to Parliament against the closure of a West Cumbrian children’s respite centre.
Last updated 16 March 2007
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Tai Chi can help
A BRIDEKIRK woman has set up Tai Chi classes in Cockermouth.
Last updated 16 March 2007
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Mums' pleas over breast-feeding
MUMS in West Cumbria have welcomed a new breast-feeding support group launched in Workington.
Last updated 16 March 2007
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New dialysis unit opens
A £1 MILLION renal dialysis unit will be officially opened at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven today.
Last updated 16 March 2007
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Maggot treatment should go national
A PIONEERING medical treatment using live maggots could be rolled out across the UK following a successful trial in West Cumbria.
Last updated 9 March 2007
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Ambulance union's action ballot
AMBULANCE workers in Cumbria are being asked to consider industrial action by union Unison.
Last updated 9 March 2007
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Ward's smoke ban exemption
YEWDALE ward at Whitehaven’s West Cumberland Hospital will get a year’s grace before a smoking ban is introduced.
Last updated 9 March 2007
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Council welcomes CATS
ALLERDALE council met this week to discuss new plans for a privately-run Clinical Assessment Treatment and Support centre in Workington.
Last updated 9 March 2007
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Crisis if respite centre shuts
A PUBLIC meeting called into the proposed closure of the Seacroft children’s respite centre at St Bees heard that it was vital it should remain open.
Last updated 9 March 2007
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NHS wants £12m to balance books
HEALTH bosses will apply to the Department of Health for a £12 million loan to help balance the books at the area's two acute hospitals.
Last updated 7 March 2007
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Doctor performs road side surgery
A MAN’S life was saved when a doctor volunteering for Cumbria’s ambulance service performed emergency surgery on him after a car crash last Thursday.
Last updated 2 March 2007
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New health chief
PROFESSOR John Ashton has been appointed as joint director of public health for Cumbria Primary Care Trust and the county council.
Last updated 2 March 2007
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