NHS figures confirm how social care is crucial to its survival
FIGURES released last week (Thursday 11 Feb) indicate decent social care provision will be crucial to produce efficiencies in the…
Review shows how NHS hospitals can save money and improve care
Implementing the recommendations will help end variations in quality of care and finances that cost the NHS billions, Lord Carter…
Newly qualified radiographer urges others to train
DETERMINATION, hard work and enrolling in a course at Middlesbrough College put newly-qualified diagnostic radiographer Jess Milestone on a NHS…
Familiar feel for laser treatment entrepreneur
An independent healthcare organisation, which has significantly reduced NHS waiting times, has taken on new premises at the North East…
Brain tumour sparks nurse’s new business
An entrepreneur who is living with a very rare type of brain tumour is following her passion for property by…
Stars of stop smoking service receive awards
Stars of County Durham’s NHS Stop Smoking Service have been recognised for their work to help people quit.
PolyPhotonix CEO Richard Kirk to make keynote speech at new NHS innovation centre
PolyPhotonix CEO Richard Kirk will be one of the keynote speakers at the opening of a new NHS innovation centre.
Winter campaign starts with largest flu vaccination programme
Public Health England (PHE) and NHS England launch a major campaign to help people stay well over the winter months.
Improving NHS productivity in elective care will reduce costs and cut the time patients spend in hospital
Productivity in elective care could increase if the NHS takes up recommendations in research by Monitor.
Monitor approves temporary health staff agreements
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Agency have approved 2 Crown Commercial Service agreements for nursing agency staff.
Smoking in cars with children banned just in time for Stoptober
SMOKERS in Redcar and Cleveland are being given one more reason to quit as new laws come into force yesterday,…
Annual lecture prescribes pharmacy profession to relieve NHS pressures
Pressures facing the NHS and how the pharmacy profession can help to meet those challenges will be examined at an…
UK hospital Patients getting their Fill Thanks to North East Sandwich Range
On A Roll Sandwich Company has launched its Nourishh range at hospitals in Darlington, Stockton, North Wales and the brand…
Star Studded ‘Operation’ at Reward and Recognition Evening
For one night only, staff at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust swapped their scrubs and stethoscopes and walked along the…
New Clinic Offers Support to North East Businesses
A new clinic being launched on Wearside will offer a range of personal development support to businesses and private clients,…