Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology

At the Cumberland Infirmary, there are approximately 1800 deliveries per year and at West Cumberland Hospital, there are approximately 1300 deliveries per year. There is also a midwifery led unit at Penrith and midwifery led facilities are being further developed in both hospitals. There are specialist antenatal clinics, including maternal medicine, diabetes, mental health, multiple pregnancy, and obesity. There is also a weekly Tele-medicine fetal medicine clinic with a video linkup to the tertiary centres fetal medicine unit (Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle). There is a full complement of medical secretarial staff and office space with a personal computer will be provided. Multi-disciplinary team working is well developed within the department with Nurse Practitioner involvement in emergency gynaecology, early pregnancy and fertility clinics. There is a dedicated Gynae-Oncology support nurse and a colposcopy nurse and a midwife sonographer.