Care for patients with asthma is going from strength from strength – leading to praise from a national programme. The National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) has highlighted the trust as being one of the top performers in a recent adult asthma audit. The audit collects information on all adult patients admitted to hospital […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Hartlepool Borough Council have teamed up to make access to health and Social Care for adults within the community a straight forward and simplistic process, ensuring that patients have access to ‘right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time’. The Integrated […]

It’s been nearly two weeks since the trust held its annual Shining Stars Awards – celebrating the work of our fantastic staff. Chief executive Julie Gillon has reflected on the night and expanded more on a very special award presented at the end of the ceremony. Julie said: “The Shining Stars Awards has always been […]

One of the main parts of the role of the integrated single point of access team is to support and improve the hospital discharge process for the most vulnerable and frail patients. And the evidence of their success is clear to see – over the last year the amount of patients who have experienced any […]

The Respiratory Team at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have developed an innovative method for the early diagnosis of lung cancer, which is significantly better than traditional techniques. Multimodally-directed ultra-slim bronchoscopy was introduced by Dr Vandana Jeebun, Consultant Respiratory Physician at the University Hospital of North Tees. By combining different navigational techniques, it […]

The room in ward 42 at the University Hospital of North Tees has been created to help patients with dementia feel more comfortable in the unit. It offers patients music and a TV, as well as activities and puzzles on an iPad and touchscreen system provided by My Dementia Improvement Network for the day. The […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has been commended for its part in the Northern regional effort to support the donation of organs to the NHS Blood and Transplant service. In numbers, that’s 100 deceased organs donated across the Northern region for the 2018/19 target. This collaborative effort will have a huge impact on […]

Two teams from the trust – from physiotherapy and workforce and staffing – battled it out with other NHS staff from across the region in Exercise Medical Challenge, an event hosted every year by the 201 Field Hospital army reserves. This year 14 teams took to the Tees Barrage on banks of the River Tees […]

A North East Trust has received the top health and wellbeing award for the third year running for the support it offers to staff. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (NTH) received the ‘Continuing Excellence’ in the Better Health at Work Awards, after ten years of involvement with the programme. As a responsible Trust, […]

On Thursday 16 May, I was accompanied by Lindsey Robertson, Care Group Director and Ruth Dalton, Head of Communications and Marketing as we visited wards 32 and 33 at University Hospital North Tees. As ever, the discussions with colleagues were wide ranging – from summer uniform and cordless hoovers through to population health and partnership […]