Health

Last week’s World Cancer Day brought organisations and people around the world together to raise awareness about cancer and work to make it a global health priority.

Young people are driving forward a redesign of a mental health clinic.

A diabetes charity has raised concerns that Brexit may impact on the availability of life-saving insulin supplies.

Older people in North Tyneside are benefitting from a specialist nurse at their GP practice helping them to live well at home for longer.

Ambulance bosses have praised the work of staff after a good report.

The government has asked the NHS, suppliers and pharmaceutical companies to order six additional weeks worth of medicines in case supplies are disrupted by a no deal Brexit.

Women are being urged to cut back on their drinking and reduce the risk of breast cancer.

New car parking charges for patients and visitors were today introduced at hospital sites across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

A study which suggests that half of the world’s cases of Parkinson’s disease are undiagnosed is just one being carried out by a North East NHS trust’s research team.

A reduction in falls, waiting times and length of stay are among the highlights for Northumberland and North Tyneside’s hospitals this year.

The NHS trust running hospitals in Northumberland and North Tyneside is reaffirming how it has a wider role in supporting the community it serves.

Flu cases are on the rise, but hospitals in Northumberland and North Tyneside so far continue to fare much better than last winter.

Around a fifth of staff at the NHS trust running hospitals in Northumberland and North Tyneside have experienced abuse or violence in the past year, a survey suggests.

Visiting has been stopped at North Tyneside General Hospital, due to a high number of flu cases.

It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week when campaigners and professionals stress the need to take life-saving smear tests.

How well is Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust coping with winter pressures?

A woman has thanked hospital staff for saving her husband’s life by handing over a cheque for £1,000.

Wherever Kate Mason goes, she is never without insect repellent.