Red-letter day for health services: What happened?

Yesterday marked a red-letter day for Cumbria's health services, with NHS chiefs voting on what they believed to be the most sustainable way forward for health services in the north, east and west of the county.

It was decided that consultant-led maternity services would stay at the west Cumberland hospital for at least twelve months, running alongside a separate midwife-led service.

This caused the greatest amount of anger amongst people in west Cumbria.

Hannah McNulty went to find out what residents think of the decision:

Tim Backshall has been speaking to mothers about the uncertainty created by the decision:

Community hospital campaigners were left angered by the cuts to bed numbers across the county, as they had feared.

Matthew Taylor spoke to campaigners following the decision:

In a statement, NHS Improvement Cumbria and the North East said: