Tips to help babies sleep safely this festive season
Parents are being encouraged to ensure their babies sleep safe this Christmas by following some festive top tips.
Help on hand to offer extra energy support this winter
“Don't miss out on vital help with your energy services!” – that's the call from local health and care leaders to patients who rely on power for their health.
Players take a break to wish Haven Court residents a Merry Christmas
A fixture on home turf helped spread some Christmas joy with care home residents as South Shields FC took time out to make a visit.
Region's NHS expects a challenging festive period
The NHS across the North East and North Cumbria is urging people to plan ahead, stay safe and use health services wisely – ahead of the festive period and the planned days of industrial action.
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.