Information for patients

Find the right route into local primary care

North Cumbria Primary Care supports GP practices and locally delivered services across Carlisle, Copeland and Workington. Start with your registered practice for appointments, prescriptions, test results and routine care.

Find your practice

Urgent help and NHS 111

If you need help now

Choose the safest service for the situation

Call 999 for a life-threatening emergency. Use NHS 111 online or by phone when you need urgent advice and are unsure where to go. Contact your registered practice for routine and ongoing care.

Where to start

Four common routes for patients

Your GP practice

Appointments, prescriptions, results, referrals, ongoing conditions and practice-specific services.

Your GP practice

Appointments, prescriptions, results, referrals, ongoing conditions and practice-specific services.

Urgent advice

Use NHS 111 when care cannot wait but the situation is not a life-threatening emergency.

Urgent advice

Use NHS 111 when care cannot wait but the situation is not a life-threatening emergency.

Local services

Some services are delivered across practices or localities according to clinical need and referral routes.

Local services

Some services are delivered across practices or localities according to clinical need and referral routes.

Practice information

See the NCPC practice groups, surgery names and locations serving North Cumbria communities.

Practice information

See the NCPC practice groups, surgery names and locations serving North Cumbria communities.

Services supported by NCPC

Primary care services shaped around local need

Availability and referral routes vary by locality and clinical need. Your registered practice remains the best place to check whether a service is appropriate and how to access it.

Same Day Health Service

A Copeland service supporting timely assessment and care according to local pathways.

Same Day Health Service

A Copeland service supporting timely assessment and care according to local pathways.

Paramedic visiting

A visiting service in Copeland supporting suitable patients who need assessment at home.

Paramedic visiting

A visiting service in Copeland supporting suitable patients who need assessment at home.

Care-home nursing visits

Nursing support for care-home residents in Copeland through locally organised pathways.

Care-home nursing visits

Nursing support for care-home residents in Copeland through locally organised pathways.

Workington Primary Care Centre

A local primary-care facility supporting services for patients in and around Workington.

Workington Primary Care Centre

A local primary-care facility supporting services for patients in and around Workington.

Clinical hubs

Localities may offer chronic-disease, medicines, wound, vascular and frailty-focused services.

Clinical hubs

Localities may offer chronic-disease, medicines, wound, vascular and frailty-focused services.

Primary Care Networks

NCPC provides management and operational support to networks in Carlisle, Copeland and Workington.

Primary Care Networks

NCPC provides management and operational support to networks in Carlisle, Copeland and Workington.

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