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A series of innovations to improve care for lung cancer patients at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised with a prestigious award.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has had its Gold Award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) revalidated until the end of 2029.

A Premier League footballer has visited the local community hospital in the town he was born.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust held a Northumbria Café engagement event in Berwick with organisations from the voluntary and community sector.

A new general medicine ward has been opened at North Tyneside General Hospital to ease capacity challenges and improve patient experience during their time at the hospital. A further ward, focussed on supporting older people with fractures, has also been extensively refurbished.

An initiative which helps hospital inpatients stay active and engaged is being expanded into more wards so that more people can benefit.

A North East NHS charity has partnered with the most successful British basketball team of all-time, the Newcastle Eagles, to raise awareness for men’s mental health.

A screening programme aimed at finding lung cancer early is now underway across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Bright, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s official charity, is calling out for Berwick-based artists to take part in a new exhibition planned for Berwick Infirmary.

A thought-provoking piece by a high-profile artist has gone on display in a Northumberland health and care facility.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has gained national recognition for its work in ensuring safe staffing levels at each of the eight inpatient sites across the large geographic area it serves. The trust was one of six winners at the RLDatix Awards 2024, picking up the Safer Care award.

Northumbria Healthcare introduced virtual wards to the trust in 2022, the concept is described as a safe and efficient alternative to NHS bedded care that is enabled by technology.