Panto characters delight hospital’s young patients with Christmas visit
Stage stars brought cheer and Christmas sparkle to children’s wards as they took time out to sprinkle some festive joy at a hospital.
Stock up your medicine cabinet call as NHS prepares for festive surge and industrial action
NHS leaders are urging people to think ahead so they can have a merry – and healthy – Christmas and New Year ahead of industrial action by junior doctors.
Don’t let the bugs bite into your Christmas celebrations
No one wants the gift of the lurgy this festive time, so the NHS is calling on people to do to their bit to stop the spread.
Countdown on to order prescriptions and stock up on medicine essentials before Christmas
As the countdown to Christmas begins, NHS health and care teams are advising patients to not leave it too late to order their repeat prescriptions.
Christmas not always the most wonderful time of the year when it comes to alcohol
That’s the warning with the seasonal advertising and social media blitz and stockpiling of bottles in supermarkets underway.
Trust's research leaders welcome multi-million-pound funding success for School of Medicine
We have shown our support for the University of Sunderland after it was awarded more than £2million in funding to expand research opportunities for medical students and junior doctors.
Donation shows community organisation’s backing for region’s only specialist eye hospital
An organisation which was the forerunner to the NHS has backed its future work with a donation fuelled by first-hand experiences of a specialist hospital’s care.
Region invests £595,000 in women's health hubs
Two of the hubs are set to be launched in Sunderland to help women access health help.
First turf is cut on site of region’s new eye hospital in Sunderland
Work has today begun to build a new standalone specialist eye hospital in Sunderland which will continue to care for the region’s patients for decades to come.
Region’s NHS pledges to reduce waiting times even further for patients who need planned care
NHS Foundation Trusts (FTs) across the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative (NENC Providers) are leading the way in reducing waiting times across the NHS.