ITV Border speaks to Abi Ogden, a newly qualified medic who joined the Whitehaven A&E department two weeks before coronavirus hit.

In at the deep end: Student medics on the NHS front line

Routine operations were cancelled in March to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic but a fall in the number of cases means they can now resume.

Routine operations return to north Cumbria hospitals

The snapshot of people's lives is to be kept as a memory of when life changed - if only for awhile. 

A ward at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven remains closed to visitors due to an outbreak of Norovirus.


Two wards at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven are closed due to a vomiting bug.

Inspections at two hospitals found that patients were waiting too long for treatments that led to "serious incidents".

People are being urged to share their views with health bosses on maternity care at Whitehaven's hospital as a 12-month countdown begins.


North Cumbria NHS Trust gained £521,000 in 2016/17 from Carlisle's Cumberland Infirmary and the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven.

Consultant-led maternity services in west Cumbria will stay in place for another year - but their future is dependent on hospital bosses.

A service treating oesophageal disorders will be available at West Cumberland Hospital and Cumberland Infirmary from next week. 

The Health Secretary has sent a video congratulating staff at North Cumbria NHS Trust, after news it will move out of special measures.

Revelations that four councillors left a key health meeting before a final vote have sparked widespread anger

The results of a consultation into plans to make major changes to healthcare in North, West and East Cumbria have been published today

Sue Hayman MP says she was not allowed to hand a petition with 30,000 signatures, against cuts to healthcare services, in to Downing Street.

Theresa May says the government is considering setting up a review, led by professionals, into how to improve recruitment and retention.