No Smoking Day

10th March 2021

Are you feeling stressed, low in mood or anxious because of smoking or trying to quit. STSFT offers all residents of South Tyneside and Gateshead access to NICE Evidence Based Psychological Therapies via our highly rated Primary Care Mental Health Services.

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Student nurses strengthen the frontline in the fight against COVID-19

9th March 2021

Twenty eight student nurses have joined the ranks of nurses at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, boosting the workforce in the continuing fight against COVID-19.

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Life on the frontline inspires Physio to change career path

5th March 2021

In March 2020, almost 200 members of staff at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust were redeployed to different roles to support the Trust in the fight against COVID-19.

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NHS Offers Covid Jab To Clinically Vulnerable And People 65 to 69

15th February 2021

NHS staff will begin vaccinating people aged 65 to 69 and those who are clinically vulnerable against Covid from tomorrow (Monday) with over one million people already invited to book a jab.

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All residents and staff in care homes for older people offered COVID vaccine

9th February 2021

All residents and members of staff in care homes for older people across Sunderland have now been offered the Covid -19 vaccine.

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Call for People Aged 70 And Over To Contact NHS For A Covid Jab

9th February 2021

People aged 70 and over who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid and who would like to be are today being asked to contact the NHS to arrange a jab.

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Emma recognised for exceptional care to patients and their families

4th February 2021

A matron from South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has been honoured through a national awards programme that recognises nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants who show exceptional care to patients and their families, and to their colleagues.

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Apprentice Administrative Officer Vacancy

2nd February 2021

We are currently recruiting for an Apprentice Administrative Officer to work in Claims Management based at Sunderland Royal Hospital. If you would like to earn while you learn, click here to apply: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916366160 Please note, this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received

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Clinical Engineering Apprentice blazing a trail for others

26th January 2021

In the UK only 12 per cent of engineers are female, even in the NHS engineering is still a male-dominated industry. But Katherine Jones is blazing a trail for women as she becomes the first ever female to complete the NHS Biomedical Engineering apprenticeship in the North East.

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Future is green in Sunderland

18th January 2021

Sunderland has set out its ambitions to be a carbon neutral city by 2040. Partners across the city have signed up to a Low Carbon Framework that will drive down emissions and seek to make the city carbon neutral within 20 years.

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