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Thousands discuss hospital cuts concerns

Thousands of people attended a public meeting to debate concerns about services and patient care in west Cumbria.

It comes as a new £90 million hospital is being built in Whitehaven

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4,000 make voices heard at hospital cuts protest

Around 4,000 people in West Cumbria turned out to protest over concerns to cuts to hospital services.

ITV Border correspondent Tim Backshall was at the protest at Whitehaven's rugby league ground.

But the NHS in North Cumbria says only some high risk services are being moved because of insufficient staff in West Cumbria and patients will be safer under the new arrangements.

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