A Stockton breast cancer survivor is paying the kindness she has received forward this Christmas as she gifts care packages to patients receiving chemotherapy treatment. 52-year-old Vicky Lofthouse, from Stockton, was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2021. Shortly after her diagnosis, she began neoadjuvant (before primary treatment) chemotherapy at the University Hospital of North […]

As Rosanne Lightfoot looked to turning 60, she decided she didn’t want any presents – instead she asked her friends and family to raise money for the breast unit where she received cancer treatment. Rosanne, from Acklam, was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2020, just as the second lockdown hit the UK. Her diagnosis […]

A local father-of-three has donated more than £3,000 for the hospital that cared for his son after undertaking his ultimate challenge – his first ironman distance triathlon. Having participated in triathlon events for years, 45-year-old Gordon Mitchell from Eaglescliffe decided to push himself to his limit and in July, he challenged himself to complete a […]

A group of teachers from a Hartlepool primary school have donated a fantastic £2,700 to make hospital stays a little brighter for poorly children. Staff from Clavering Primary School organised a 26-mile sponsored walk from Robin Hood’s Bay to Saltburn to raise a total of £2,778.75 for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s play […]

A group of volunteers who run a small coffee shop in the University Hospital of North Tees have made a generous contribution to the hospital’s special care baby unit. The volunteers in the League of Friends coffee shop took it upon themselves to purchase some new breast pumps for the unit to aid in the […]

A group of Hartlepool women have raised money for their local breast unit during their annual charity walk. The ladies completed a seven-mile walk on Tuesday 14 June, led by nine-month-old Lara, the niece of one of the organisers – all while collecting money for the breast unit at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation […]

Staff in the children’s emergency department at the University Hospital of North Tees are walking 10 million steps this May, all to raise money for young people’s mental health facilities. Since Covid, the paediatric emergency team has seen an increase in the number of children and young people with mental health issues coming to the […]

A staff member from North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has been spreading some festive cheer to raise funds for charity, after the loss of a beloved colleague.   Christmas cracker Carol Wallace, who works as a health care assistant in the antenatal day assessment unit at the University Hospital of North Tees, was […]

  A wellbeing space created for NHS staff in tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore has received its latest donation – a specialist massage chair! Tees Valley Innovation (TVI) CEO donated a HydroMassage chair recently to the Rainbow Room at the University Hospital of North Tees, as recognition for the care staff have provided throughout […]

The wife of palliative care patient Jack Adams, has shared her experience of the end of life care her husband received, and thanked all the staff who were involved in looking after him with a generous donation. Theresa Adams, whose late husband Jack was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease at the beginning of 2020, donated […]