New safety huddles to help feed back to health care staff about patient safety and quality incidents are proving to be a success. The ‘safety huddles’ in collaborative care at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provide information to staff from patients and relatives, highlighting the standard of care given to patients. The huddles […]

More than 100 NHS staff took inspiration from a world-famous motivational speaker after he was invited to talk to them. Shiv Khera, a renowned author and educator, ran a virtual seminar for staff at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. Mr Khera, who has sold more than eight million copies of his books and […]

A new pathway has been created for joint replacement patients in Hartlepool – to help provide the safest and highest quality of care to patients in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The improvements mean a new route through the University Hospital of Hartlepool for patients visiting for surgery. The main change involves the moving of […]

A skilled painter turned pharmacy technician has played his part in a project to brighten up the wall space where he works. Before Mark Walmsley worked in the medicines optimisation and pharmacy team at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, he was a qualified painter. When department director Mojgan Sani asked for any ideas […]

New mums are being offered the opportunity to reflect on their experiences of pregnancy and the birth of their baby as North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust launches its Reflections Service. Reflections offers any woman who has had a baby with the Trust a private appointment with a midwife to discuss their personal experiences. […]

A specialist respiratory team have been recognised for their role in setting up a training programme for staff in response to COVID-19. The non-invasive ventilation respiratory team are the latest winners of the Trust’s awards initiative, Star of the Month. The team of respiratory nurses, consultants and physiotherapists worked together to flexibly provide training for […]

A team of volunteer drivers are helping our staff give something back as we continue with a campaign to collect goods for local foodbanks. A few weeks ago we launched our campaign to repay our community for the love and support shown since the COVID-19 outbreak – by giving generously to those in need of […]

BORO fan Dicky Peacock wouldn’t have missed his beloved team’s big day out in the cup final for any reason – just like he wouldn’t miss his big day in the operating theatre. Dicky, who has been a porter at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for more than 30 years, has watched Middlesbrough […]

The endoscopy team were thrown a surprise thank you celebration for their dedication and support over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. The service made a number of changes to respond – including the temporary closure of the Rutherford Morrison Unit at the University Hospital of Hartlepool and the redeployment of staff across both units […]

A new state of the art scanner is one of a number of measures the respiratory team have taken to continue to care for patients during the coronavirus pandemic. The service at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have made a number of improvements over the last few weeks. These include a new ultrasound […]