Pregnant women are being urged to get the COVID-19 vaccine to reduce their chances of contracting the virus. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s gynaecology and maternity teams are expressing concern at the number of unvaccinated pregnant women who are contracting COVID-19, posing a serious risk to themselves and to their babies. Steph El-Malak, […]

Respiratory staff at a Teesside health trust are making an emotional plea to the public, asking everyone to protect the NHS by playing their part. As North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust faces a rise in COVID-19 patients and added pressure on other services, the respiratory team are asking people to ‘do their bit’. […]

  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has been celebrating its hard work to gain improved digital maturity, following its Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) accreditation as a national digital leader from NHSX*. The Trust was awarded the GDE fast follower accreditation following a three year programme of dedicated work to improve digital outcomes. The […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the amazing work of our nurses, doctors, pathologists, pharmacists, porters, cleaners and countless other staff as never before. Now as many young people are finishing school or college and looking to their futures, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is asking them to consider a career […]

“We need to remain vigilant and continue to take serious precautions to protect ourselves and other members of society.” That is the view of a senior doctor at a health trust in Teesside as it faces rises in COVID-19 patients and pressure on other services. Deepak Dwarakanath, medical director at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS […]

As the country readies itself for the end of legal COVID-19 restrictions, we’re stressing that in the interests of public and staff safety, hospital settings must retain strict infection control procedures. Staff, patients and visitors at the University Hospital of North Tees, University Hospital of Hartlepool and Peterlee Community Hospital will still be required to […]

Just an update from our urgent and emergency care department. We are ALWAYS here for our community – but please only come to us when you really do need us. Samantha Derbyshire, nursing sister in emergency care at the University Hospital of North Tees, said: “We had quite a busy evening last night – including […]

Paper cuts, hay fever, mild knee pain and minor falls. These are just some of the things people have been coming in to the urgent and emergency care department with at a health trust in Teesside over the last few days. The service at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is urging people to […]

“Our staff are what makes us one of the best employers in the region.” That is the key message from a new recruitment video a health trust in Teesside has launched. The education team at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is sharing the video to reach out to schools and colleges in response […]

An organisation who have handed out tens of thousands of teddy bears to children facing emergency care treatment made a special visit to a hospital in Teesside today. Freemasons from the Durham Province visited the paediatric emergency care department and the children’s ward at the University Hospital of North Tees. As they do every year, […]