CareScan, the innovative system developed by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has been reviewed by a prestigious not-for-profit organisation. CareScan uses barcodes and hand-held scanners to ensure care is delivered to the right patient, at the right location, using the right equipment and products. It was introducedContinue Reading
A group of bereaved families is calling for a public inquiry into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, accusing the organization of failing to keep their loved ones safe and causing emotional and physical harm. The families claim that the Trust’s systemic failures have led to unnecessary sufferingContinue Reading
Following a market study into the infant formula and follow-on formula market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its final recommendations. Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the CMA, said: Every parent wants to give their baby the best possible start in life. Many whom need, or choose, toContinue Reading
A man has credited a County Durham homelessness service with transforming his life after his mental health issues escalated. Michael Dunn had reached crisis point when he was introduced to the team at the Safe Night Hub, a new countywide service providing food, warmth and support to rough sleepers everyContinue Reading
AN inspirational nurse from Teesside nominated one of her patients for the trip of a lifetime after the brave youngster lost his mum last year. Helen Gilpin, Roald Dahl paediatric epilepsy nurse specialist at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, joined five-year-old Lenny Wilans Jobson and his family on a special visitContinue Reading
Local communities up and down the country will receive funding for family and school nurses, sexual health clinics and other public health services in their areas, thanks to a nearly £200 million boost in funding announced today (7 February 2025). As part of government plans to improve health outcomes acrossContinue Reading
Building works on a new NHS diagnostic centre are nearing completion – with health staff speaking of their “excitement” after state-of-the-art equipment was installed. The Tees Valley Community Diagnostic Centre in Stockton will open in the next few weeks, delivering tests for cancer, heart and lung disease. The centre hasContinue Reading
A physiotherapist’s use of digital technology has seen the waiting list for physiotherapy fall by more than 80% and has helped patients like Stephen to be seen even quicker. Senior specialist physiotherapist Linda Furness, who works at the Friarage Hospital, has been credited for driving a change within the physiotherapyContinue Reading
Record numbers of people put on their running shoes and got fit-for-free this year with 8.7 million NHS Couch to 5k runs completed in 2024, new data revealed today (31 December 2024). Millions of kilometres were covered as 790,000 downloaded the NHS fitness app this year alone and 9.3Continue Reading
The walls and rooms are bare, with wires and cables hanging from incomplete ceilings, but the excitement is palpable. Simon Milburn and Phil Woolfall, clinical directors of radiology at South Tees Hospitals and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation trusts respectively, are certainly impressed as they look around what will become theContinue Reading
