Health

New figures suggest nearly half a million adults in the North East are drinking enough alcohol to increase the health risks.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has the best A&E waiting times in the country with 98.8 per cent of patients being treated or admitted within the national four-hour standard.

North Tyneside General Hospital has been chosen by NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to host a new urgent care service.

Reducing the number of people going to A&E and treating sepsis are among the priorities this year for hospitals in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Fewer than a quarter of complaints to the NHS trust running hospitals in Northumberland and North Tyneside were closed within the target of 35 days last year.

A telephone helpline will continue to improve, bosses have said after a new contract was approved.

Roots have been planted to mark a milestone for a health trust.

A new campaign has been launched warning smokers of the dangers of second-hand smoke on children.

Health chiefs are urging residents to think pharmacy or GP instead of A&E for any non-emergency health issues over Easter.

Smokers are being encouraged to stub out the habit.

A free cancer advice roadshow is visiting North Tyneside next week.

A health trust is making its final push to go smoke-free by signing up to a national pledge.

A North Tyneside therapist is hoping that acupuncture will start a baby boom.

Representatives from Procter & Gamble (P&G) have handed over a £7,600 cheque to the Marie Curie Cancer Care Hospice as a result of their fund-raising activities.

YMCA North Tyneside has thrown its support behind the Be Real Campaign after new YMCA research revealed that half of young people have been bullied about the way they look.

Invisible illnesses can be as devastating as recognised ones, but do not receive the attention they need, according to a local MP.

A leading charity is celebrating 65 years of improving the lives of disabled people in the region.

People in North Tyneside and Northumberland are being urged to stay away from A&E unless they are seriously unwell or in need of critical or life-saving care.