A research study in Hartlepool into a COVID-19 vaccine has been praised by volunteers involved – in the same week it comes a step closer to being approved for use. The trial at the University Hospital of Hartlepool is one of many sites across the country the Novavax study is running from. This week, Novavax […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is appealing for more emergency care nurses after one of their emergency care registrars was hailed a hero across the UK. The last fortnight has highlighted the importance of staff in urgent and emergency care after Dr Tom Prichard, an emergency care registrar at the University Hospital of […]

An elderly man is now back up on his feet within a matter of months thanks to a specialist health team. Tom Hitchen, who is 84, was suffering pains in his foot – but is now fully mobile after being treated by staff at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. Tom was having pains […]

Colleagues from North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have been sharing their well wishes for the happy retirement of a well-respected Trust director in October. Lynne Taylor, director of planning and performance, shared an emotional adieu with staff from across the Trust. Colleagues joined the event online and in-person to share their congratulations and […]

The leader of a health trust in Teesside has written a heartfelt note to her community – thanking people for their “generous support” over the course of the pandemic and urging all to “please be kind”. Julie Gillon, chief executive at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, has a issued a public letter to […]

Innovation is at the forefront of all care the elective care team provide at Hartlepool. The joint replacement team is regularly looking at ways of evolving and expanding the service from their base on the hospital’s first floor. New developments over recent months have included the relocation of the unit so that it is directly […]

A health support worker who has become an ambassador for cervical cancer awareness after beating the illness herself has been recognised for honours. Lisa Tomlinson, who works at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, has been shortlisted in the ‘rising star’ category of the Nursing Times Awards. Since successfully fighting cervical cancer more than […]

Staff are being challenged to commit to being green champions – helping the NHS in its mission to being sustainable over the next two decades and beyond. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is aiming to be have net zero carbon emissions by 2040. To achieve this, the trust is asking its staff to […]

A recent investment in some new state-of-the-art machinery at the endoscope decontamination unit within the endoscopy suite at the University Hospital of Hartlepool has meant more scopes can be processed per hour, increasing productivity, reliability and traceability and ultimately allowing more patients to be seen per clinic. The process for cleaning and disinfecting the endoscopes […]

A Stockton woman who was smoking 100 a day is urging all smokers to take the leap today and ask for help in quitting. 34-year-old Clare Davison from Stockton-on-Tees had been a smoker since she was just 11-years-old, eventually working her way up to 80 to 100 cigarettes a day. When she became pregnant in […]