North Cumbria Nhs Trust

The Community Rapid Response team treated 2,436 patients at home over a 14-month period. Hospital admission was avoided in 95% of cases.

Steven Morgan has been appointed as Chair of North Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. It comes after the current interim chair announced he was stepping down.

There are 5.4million adults in England who still smoke and it remains the leading preventable cause of premature death.