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Health and social care

Allerdale Borough Council

Allerdale Borough Council deals with a limited number of services related to health and social services. These are linked to below. There are also a number of suggested links to other health and social service information sources. Use the Doctors, Surgeries and Hospitals layer of the Find My Nearest search to quickly locate the nearest health and medical services to you.

NHS & Hospitals


NHS Direct

NHS & HospitalsThe gateway to health information on the Internet; the excellent NHS Direct site.

North Cumbria Acute Hospitals

Cumberland Infirmary 01228 523444
West Cumberland Hospital 01946 693181

Cumbria Partnership NHS Trust

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

For the ambulance and patient transport service in Cumbria please visit:

Social Services (Cumbria County Council)


Social ServicesFor further information about vulnerable children or adults and adopting or fostering contact Cumbria County Council:
Workington Office 01900 325300
Wigton Office 016973 66120
Out of hours number 01228 526690

last updated 11 November 2008