A month after the country welcomed ‘Freedom Day’ and the removal of COVID-19 restrictions, younger frontline health workers are appealing to their peers to continue playing their part. NHS staff from across the North East – consistently among the highest regions in in the country for cases of coronavirus – are urging those not yet […]

It may have been raining – but the excitement of these doctors was not going to be dampened as they became the first group to start a new training programme. To improve the training of physicians, a new national programme for internal medicine has been set up. This replaced the existing two-year core medical training […]

Hartlepool has been leading the way in gynaecology care – becoming the first centre in the North East to trial a new procedure on patients recently. The procedure, known as Sonata, is radio frequency ablation of benign fibroids which was carried out in the day case operating theatres at the University Hospital of Hartlepool. This […]

The breast services team is celebrating the success of Karen Coates, their first Mammography Associate (MA) apprentice, who has achieved her qualification with distinction. The 12-month MA Level 4 apprenticeship course is hosted by the NBIA at Wythenshawe Hospital’s Nightingale Centre, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), and delivered by Health Education England. […]

Patients are praising a new cancer support service at a Teesside health trust. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘catch up call’ service, formerly known as ‘comfort calls’, allows cancer patients and their families to receive emotional support from the comfort of their homes. Trained volunteers can chat to anyone affected by cancer – […]

Pregnant women are being urged to get the COVID-19 vaccine to reduce their chances of contracting the virus. North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s gynaecology and maternity teams are expressing concern at the number of unvaccinated pregnant women who are contracting COVID-19, posing a serious risk to themselves and to their babies. Steph El-Malak, […]

Respiratory staff at a Teesside health trust are making an emotional plea to the public, asking everyone to protect the NHS by playing their part. As North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust faces a rise in COVID-19 patients and added pressure on other services, the respiratory team are asking people to ‘do their bit’. […]

  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has been celebrating its hard work to gain improved digital maturity, following its Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) accreditation as a national digital leader from NHSX*. The Trust was awarded the GDE fast follower accreditation following a three year programme of dedicated work to improve digital outcomes. The […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the amazing work of our nurses, doctors, pathologists, pharmacists, porters, cleaners and countless other staff as never before. Now as many young people are finishing school or college and looking to their futures, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is asking them to consider a career […]

“We need to remain vigilant and continue to take serious precautions to protect ourselves and other members of society.” That is the view of a senior doctor at a health trust in Teesside as it faces rises in COVID-19 patients and pressure on other services. Deepak Dwarakanath, medical director at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS […]