Health chiefs aim to nip illnesses in bud - Carlisle News & Star 27th May 2008

PREVENTING rather than treating illness is to become a priority for health professionals across Cumbria. The shift in focus is part of an action plan which looks at how to improve public health throughout the county. It identifies the three major challenges currently facing the area – its aging population, differences in life expectancy in richest and poorest communities and the vast rural geography. Cumbria Primary Care Trust’s public health director, John Ashton, also wants to see people better educated to deal with minor conditions without seeing their GP.

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