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“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

CHARLES DICKENS

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1. Eden Valley Hospice

2. Lymphoedema – Cumbria & Lancashire

3. Macmillan Cancer Support

  • Macmillan Nurses Fact Sheets
  • Cumbria Macmillan Cancer Support

4. Marie Curie

5. Palliative Care Assessment Unit, West Cumbria

6. Hospice at Home West Cumbria

Important News

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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.

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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.

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01/3/2011