The NHS at 60

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How well do you know your NHS?

We spend a day in the life of the NHS in Cumbria as it marks its 60th birthday.

• NHS at 60

The NHS is marking 60 years this year and as part of that BBC Radio Cumbria is spending a whole day with the men and women who run your health service.

60 years of the NHS

Staff and patients in the North East and Cumbria have been looking back at 60 years of the NHS.

The blood donor

We trace a pint of Cumbrian blood from the donor's arm to the grateful patient!

The GP

Just what does a GP's job involve these days? You might be surprised ...

Cuedoc

The Cuedoc service takes over when the local GPs surgeries finish for the day.

The district nurse

We go out on the road with a district nurse to find out what their job is all about these days.

The paramedics

BBC Radio Cumbria's Julie Clayton has been spending time with the paramedics based at Flimby ...

Nursing before the NHS and now...

We meet two nurses to find out how the NHS has changed for them over its 60 years ...

The NHS baby

Susan Dobinson was born just two minutes after the National Health came into being.

The Golden Pig of Ennerdale

Belinda Artingstoll finds out about the Golden Pig of Ennerdale.

Before the NHS

Michael Atkinson, a retired doctor who qualified in 1946, tells us about the times before the NHS

No to the NHS

Michael Atkinson tells us how some of his colleagues didn't want or welcome the NHS ...

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