Cumbria
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Highways England’s team of 1,300 specially trained gritter drivers based across the country are geared up for winter, ready to keep drivers moving. The company responsible for the country’s motorways and major A roads has over 500 salt spreading vehicles ready, around the clock, to help drivers get to their destinations safely. To monitor the […]
South Lakes MP Tim Farron used Health Questions in Parliament today to raise a scandal in the NHS which is leading to many cancer sufferers across the country not being able to receive the highest quality lifesaving treatment. Almost every radiotherapy centre in the country has linear accelerators that are able to provide highly advanced […]
Police are warning the public of a scam which is currently under investigation. The telephone scam, which has been attempted across the county, relate to a caller purporting to be a police officer investigating an incident of fraud. The offender persuades the victim that their bank is in on the scam and that the victim […]
This Friday (19 October), hospitals run by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) is joining the likes of Blackpool Tower and the Ashton Memorial in Lancaster by lighting up pink to raise awareness of the importance of regular breast screening – as part of this month’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The signage […]
A man who admitted to selling drugs in Kendal has been sent to prison. Alex Lightley, aged 18, of no fixed abide in Kendal, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court today (18thOctober) to two years detention in a young offenders institution. This was after pleading guilty to multiple offences of supplying controlled drugs Ketamine, MDMA […]
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a new report from patient groups, academics, government and the private sector which provides recommendations to the NHS that would improve access to advanced radiotherapy services in the UK. One of the guidelines included is that NHS England should aim for a maximum of 45 minutes travel time for […]
The ‘Patient Initiated Follow-Up Service’ (PIFU) was introduced as a pilot by the Trust in February 2017 in rheumatology and 1,534 patients under different specialities have transferred onto this new system since the launch. Rather than waiting for an appointment for weeks or months as was the norm,rheumatology and respiratory patients can now expect to […]
South Lakes MP Tim Farron used a debate in Parliament this morning to make the case for a specialist one-to-one service for young people in Cumbria with eating disorders. Currently the specialist service only exists for adults. People under the age of 18 get treatment from excellent, committed, professionals, but it is not a specialist […]
A community clean-up event which was organised to protect homes against future flooding coincided with a weekend of flood warnings and alerts. Residents in Kendal were busy clearing weeds and leaves and checking their flood protection equipment as heavy rainfall brought back memories of Storm Desmond in 2015. South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) has praised […]
Local MP Tim Farron has tabled a motion in Parliament calling for the Government to provide free school transport for sixth form students to help pupils in rural communities. The motion calls for it to be a statutory responsibility for local education authorities to guarantee home to school transport for 16 to 18-year old students […]
