As the numbers of COVID-19 cases continues to fall North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust has made the decision to start routine operations again.

In partnership with some high quality independent sector hospitals outside the county patients, whose surgery had to be cancelled because of the pandemic, will now be invited to have their operation.

All operations will be carried out in non covid areas and the private hospital who are supporting the Trust have not been exposed to COVID -19 patients.

Rod Harpin, interim medical director of north Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust explained how important it is that people who need their operation have it:

“We are extremely happy that we are able to begin to start our operations again. Thanks to the reduction in COVID 19 we are able to do this completely separately from any COVID areas of our hospitals. We are contacting people who are the most urgent first and are extremely grateful to our independent providers for their support in making sure we can support as many patients as possible and reduce any further delay in our patient’s treatments.”

As the numbers of COVID-19 cases continues to fall North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust has made the decision to start routine operations again.

In partnership with some high quality independent sector hospitals outside the county patients, whose surgery had to be cancelled because of the pandemic, will now be invited to have their operation.

All operations will be carried out in non covid areas and the private hospital who are supporting the Trust have not been exposed to COVID -19 patients.

Rod Harpin, interim medical director of north Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust explained how important it is that people who need their operation have it:

“We are extremely happy that we are able to begin to start our operations again. Thanks to the reduction in COVID 19 we are able to do this completely separately from any COVID areas of our hospitals. We are contacting people who are the most urgent first and are extremely grateful to our independent providers for their support in making sure we can support as many patients as possible and reduce any further delay in our patient’s treatments.”