Help: Peter Rooney, chief operating officer for the north Cumbria CCG, is proud to support the community Funding to support small organisations which help people travel to vaccine hubs is now available in North Cumbria. NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group has provided £10,000 for small grants of up to £500, allowing grassroots organisations to help people travel to receive their Covid vaccine. The money is held by Cumbria Community Foundation, and is intended to support costs, including mileage and PPE for volunteer drivers. Peter Rooney, chief operating officer for the CCG, said: “Because of the logistical and clinical issues around handling the vaccine and the need to vaccinate many people quickly, our GPs have been working together in groups called Primary Care Networks largely operating out of hubs.
Senior NHS bosses in north Cumbria have praised the amazing work of healthcare staff throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, including throughout the most recent wave which brought hospitals close to full capacity. A number of senior NHS figures in Cumbria met virtually last week with members of Cumbria County Council s health scrutiny committee, in order to provide an update on the healthcare response to the latest, most devastating wave of Covid-19 to have hit the county throughout December and January One of those providing an update on the impact of the third Covid wave was Anna Stabler, chief nurse at the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust.
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County on course for vaccine successes as data very clear Cumbria has passed the second Covid peak
POSITIVE INDICATIONS: Peter Rooney, chief operations officer at the North Cumbria CCG (left) and Cumbria’s public health director, Colin Cox (right) Cumbria s public health director has welcomed the very clear indication that Cumbria is past the peak of the second wave of coronavirus. Presenting a detailed overview of the recent progress in fighting Covid-19 to Cumbria County Council s Health and Wellbeing Board, Colin Cox explained yesterday that things are moving in the right direction , according to the most recent data. Based on the latest available statistics on new Covid-19 cases, Mr Cox declared that it is now very clear that Cumbria, like the rest of the country, is past the peak of the second coronavirus wave.