Over 350 leaders from across the region met this week to demand reducing inequalities in health care for the communities they serve. Leaders met virtually at a North East and North Cumbria Health Inequalities Summit – the first of its kind for the region. The event welcomed a host of delegates who logged on to […]

Human rights lawyer and wife of the former Prime Minister Cherie Blair CBE, QC is just one of many people paying tribute to the breast unit at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Around a decade after the breast service was implemented, the dedicated breast unit at the […]

A blood donation has found its way home to Teesside after a Billingham-born woman made a donation more than 160 miles away. When 51-year-old data manager Michelle Medford, born and raised in Billingham, made her usual blood donation at her home in Crewe, she thought nothing of it. But she received a nice surprise when […]

Colleagues from the children’s ward at the University Hospital of North Tees have been celebrating this month, after being presented with a Gold award as part of the Trust’s ‘Clinical Quality Standard’ rating.  The department at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, were presented with the award during a special ceremony in December; by […]

Hartlepool Hospital have begun performing a new procedure this month – after a successful sister pilot saw the Trust perform day-case hip replacements earlier this year. Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Manju Ramappa and his team at Hartlepool have been instrumental in expanding the day-case surgery service to include Total knee replacements as well. Much like the […]

“Please return your crutches to hospital when you no longer need them.” That is the appeal from staff at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. With the winter weather bringing regular periods of cold and ice – slips, trips and falls are on the rise. It means more patients are presenting to the University […]

A new cutting edge CT scanner will help diagnose heart issues more quickly and accurately for patients across Teesside. The low-dose scanner at the University Hospital of North Tees forms part of a new rapid-access chest pain clinic. The Siemens Somatom Drive will help with the early diagnosis of many cardiac diseases, as well as […]

Being more active can have huge benefits for anyone’s health, especially patients in hospital. A little movement can have a big impact. That’s why we have introduced new ‘at a glance’ boards above patient beds so ward staff can quickly see what levels of activity each patient can safely manage. The ‘I can’ boards will […]

A health team who provide 24 hours-a-day care in Hartlepool have issued a message to their community – “we are here to treat a range of minor illness concerns and injuries”. The urgent care service at the University Hospital of Hartlepool can help with a variety of non-life threatening health issues not needing emergency department […]

AFTER a decade caring for patients in surgery, a healthcare worker has advanced into a new lead role. Jennifer Chubb has recently qualified as an operating department practitioner, playing a major part in each phase of a patient’s surgery. Practitioners are involved in all parts of a patient’s care – anaesthetic, surgery and recovery. Jennifer, […]