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"Two new dental surgeries in Copeland will be officially opened this week.

The Oasis Dental Care surgeries in Whitehaven and Workington have been up and running since summer and Copeland MP Jamie Reed will make the openings on Friday."

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"A CALL has gone out to South Cumbrians to take anti-virals if they catch swine flu – and accept vaccination if it is offered.

This comes as a vaccination programme to protect against the H1N1 virus is being rolled out in the county."

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"Cumbrians are being urged to remain vigilant regarding the swine flu virus despite a fall in the number of cases.

Latest NHS figures confirm that 139 people are being treated in north west hospitals, 33 of them are in critical care. Fourteen people have also died as a result of swine flu in the north west since the virus outbreak began in April."

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"The husband of a woman who died after suffering from acute alcohol withdrawal believes she was given too high levels of sedatives."

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"A widow who doused herself in petrol and set fire to it was still grieving after losing her husband to terminal cancer, an inquest heard."

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"HUNDREDS of health workers across Cumbria will be guaranteed changing rooms and somewhere to lock their bikes as part of a new Government drive to boost cycling."

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"YOUNG people are being asked to shape how healthcare for families is delivered across Cumbria.

Children’s and young people’s health services are currently being changed across Cumbria to make things easier for both children and families who need to access treatment."

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"Nine thousand Cumbrian women are putting themselves at risk of breast cancer by ignoring screening invites.

Latest figures show that every year more than 20 per cent of women in the county invited for routine breast screening appointments do not attend."

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"A website that has helped to slash suicide and self-harm rates across north Cumbria has won a national award.

The social-networking site gives people with complex mental health problems a place to go for help when they are reaching crisis-point."

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"Hospital bosses have hit back at a report which claimed mums in north and west Cumbria were not being given a choice of where to give birth.

They say the National Childbirth Trust study – which put Carlisle and Copeland at the bottom of the national league table – is totally flawed."

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"The North West Public Health Observatory’s statistics read like a tour of some of the north’s most famous towns and cities – Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle all appear repeatedly."

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"A Carlisle grandmother who was told by an on-call doctor that she had swine flu was actually suffering from terminal cancer."

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"Cumbrian patients will start to receive free swine flu vaccines from next Monday, it has been confirmed.

Those identified as most at-risk – including people with long-term health problems, chemotherapy patients and pregnant women – will receive a letter from their GP inviting them to have the jab."

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"Pregnant women in Cumbria are being assured that the swine flu jab is safe ahead of a national vaccination programme being launched next week.

The region’s top public health expert says mums-to-be face a much higher risk of complications if they catch the virus – so they are therefore urged to get protected."

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"Two sisters who run a women-only gym in Carlisle say they are being unfairly left out of a scheme to help more people battle illness through exercise."

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"Carlisle MP Eric Martlew has called for NHS dental charges to be frozen with many patients feeling the pain in their pockets as well as their mouths.

Mr Martlew said in an ideal world charges should be abolished, but there were other priorities for the NHS and financial constraints on Government spending."

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"Cumbria's public health boss has congratulated MPs for backing moves to end the display of cigarettes in shops and to ban vending machines.

On Monday, as part of the Health Bill 2009, they voted to ban tobacco advertising at the point of sale, meaning vendors will have to keep cigarette products out of sight."

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"Wards at the redeveloped West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven may consist of single rooms, all with en-suite facilities.

The idea for the general wards is still being discussed but hospital project director David Hounslea said that was the aim on standard inpatient wards."

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"Mental health services in Cumbria are the worst across the north west, latest inspection results show.

The Cumbria Partnership, which provides mental health and learning disability care across the county, is the only health trust in the region to be rated “weak” – down from a “fair” rating in 2007/08."

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"Thirteen years ago, when Lisa Farmer became a parent for the second time, her life changed forever.

The birth of her second child Sarah was a blessing for her and her husband Marc, a software engineer at Sellafield.

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