Maureen Wilkinson has spent hours and hours creating outfits for premature babies born at the University Hospital of North Tees.   Maureen wanted to help the families of premature babies while also showing her gratitude to the trust for the care given to some her friends and family members.   Pam Cushin works in […]

A PROJECT team have helped successfully bring about changes to improve care for patients having surgery at a hospital. The team at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust were set a 100-day challenge to transform speciality surgery at the University Hospital of Hartlepool. The team gave frontline staff the skills and knowledge to innovate […]

A local NHS Trust was invited to speak at a National Maternity and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative Learning Event in London last week for a second successive year. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust were invited to present findings surrounding their quality improvement achievements and their work with local partners in developing a bespoke […]

Please note: you will not be able to access the social media links from trust computers; you can access them from the trust’s app, your personal mobile or computers at home:   Hartlepool Councillors praise Trust’s Dementia performance Our Trust was recently praised regards our performance with progress in dementia care and reduction of hospital […]

When you hear the words ‘Smear Test’ what’s your gut reaction? Fear? Excitement? Absolute confidence? The cervical smear test makes women feel a variety of emotions, but with recent figures from Public Health of England showing that the number of women getting their smear test is at an all time low, we’re on a campaign […]

This year’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, our screening team are reminding people that bowel cancer is more treatable the earlier it is diagnosed before it becomes widespread. If you have any symptoms, don’t be embarrassed and don’t ignore them. Doctors are used to seeing lots of people with bowel problems. The symptoms of bowel cancer […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides a national pharmaceutical quality control service through its Stockton Quality Control Laboratory (SQCL). Set up to provide services across the region, it has grown to provide national ones too. From originally providing analytical services to pharmacy and medical physics departments, the laboratory now provides services to a […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has revamped the way patients can return mobility aids such as crutches and wheelchairs to make it hassle-free for local communities. Following a discussion on BBC Tees Radio, it became clear that members of the public were unsure where they could return their unwanted equipment to. With crutches, […]

Three organisations from across the North East have come together to launch an innovative apprenticeship programme to support better outcomes for residents across the region. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Hartlepool Borough Council and Hartlepool College of Further Education have launched a dedicated apprenticeship scheme at an event held at the College’s town […]

Please note: you will not be able to access the social media links from trust computers; you can access them from the trust’s app, your personal mobile or computers at home: Trust sees huge fall in cancelled operations over winter pressures The Trust has seen a significant reduction in cancelled operations this year, with only […]