 The governors of Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust accused the success regime in April 2016 of seeing services at their community services trust as “a cash cow to solve problems in the acute system” after it was suggested that inpatient beds at community hospitals could be focused on a smaller number of sites or developed as community hubs without inpatient facilities.Healthwatch Cumbria is an organisation set up under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to act as a voice for patients.Mental health services in the county are provided by Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.