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Lymphoedema Service Referral Criteria

1. Oedema and lymphoedema

2. Consensus On Cellulitis - PDF document from External Website

3. Referral criteria for the East Cumbria lymphoedema service

4. Referral criteria for the West Cumbria lymphoedema service

5. Lymphoedema Service Referral form - pdf file.

6. West Cumbria Lymphoedema Service Referral form - pdf file.

Important News

Important Changes in Cumbria Palliative Care Prescribing Practice

Cumbria is changing practice, from 1st April 2011.

The Area Prescribing Committee has recommended the following changes:

All strong opioids are to be prescribed by brand name
"Just in Case" prescribing is to be encouraged and promoted
Morphine is to replace diamorphine as the subcutaneous injectable strong opioid of choice for palliative care patients in Cumbria

21/03/2011

North Cumbria Pallative Care website

The award winning North Cumbria Palliative Care website continues to receive around 30,000 page views a year. This is 82 page views every single day of the year, 2,500 hits every month, without any publicity or advertising program.

1/3/2011