North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of services for a population of approximately 324,000 people across north and west Cumbria (Carlisle, Eden, Copeland and Allerdale) as well as the south west of Scotland and parts of Northumberland. Our service is provided by the whole time equivalent of 3,300 staff and our annual turnover is £190 million.

Our services are provided from two hospital bases located in Carlisle (Cumberland Infirmary) and Whitehaven (West Cumberland Hospital).

In addition, we provide a range of outreach services in community hospitals and a maternity service at Penrith Hospital.

Our main Commissioner is NHS Cumbria (the Primary Care Trust) and the locality commissioning groups for Carlisle, Eden Valley, Copeland and Allerdale. The PCT also commissions specialist services from tertiary providers in the North East, Teeside and Lancashire.


North Cumbria Acute Hospitals Trust Website