Health

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.

More than three-quarters of people in the North East are in favour of a change in the law on organ donation, new figures reveal.

Residents at a Whitley Bay care home took a virtual trip down memory lane using virtual reality headsets.

A Monkseaton nursery has received national recognition for going above and beyond the minimum requirements in paediatric first aid.

Eight in 10 North-Easterners think the UK’s relationship with alcohol is ‘unhealthy’, a major new report has revealed.

Staff at Rosemount Care Home in Whitley Bay have achieved accreditation to provide a pioneering new approach to caring for people living with dementia.

Health chiefs have provided fresh assurances that North Tyneside General Hospital has a bright future.