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Cumbrian Trust merger approved by NHS Improvement
The merger planned between Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust (NCUH) has been approved.
The new North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust will begin on October 1.
The CPFT currently delivers community services in north Cumbria, as well as countywide children’s, specialist and mental health services, which NCUH runs acute services at both the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle and Whitehaven’s West Cumberland Hospital.
At the same time as the trusts plan to merge, mental health and learning disability services will be transferred to other providers as part of plans to strengthen these services.
In north Cumbria they will be delivered by Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust and in south Cumbria they will transfer to Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust.
NHS Improvement approved the merger following extensive scrutiny of work by the trusts.
Professor Stephen Eames, chief executive, told The Cumberland News: “I’m delighted our plans to merge have been given the green light and we can now take the final steps to officially join together.
“Last time round, it was a case of the NHS trust in Northumbria wishing to merge with us and run the trust here.
“But now, this is a locally arranged change that has been built over time with a lot more support from local government.
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