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Patients are being asked to make sure they have plenty of medication in stock to see them through the Jubilee Bank Holiday as the four-day celebration nears.

Work has begun to demolish more old and unused hospital buildings as part of a programme of works to further improve the site at South Tyneside District Hospital and make way for future investments.

A host of new administration apprentices are being recruited to become the best in the business and help organise the NHS for decades ahead.

A calendar of events has been put together to mark a series of days which shine a light on the careers of nurses, midwives and Operating Department Practitioners.

South Tyneside families will gather at a memorial service for children this weekend in the first event of its kind to be held in the borough since COVID restrictions ended.