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  • HSJ Partnership Award success for state-of-the-art Health and Care Academy

    The Northumbria Health and Care Academy has won a top national award, recognising the collaboration behind what is one of the only facilities of its kind in the country. The partnership between…

  • Cancer of unknown primary (CUP)

    If cancer has spread in your body without an obvious primary (the site where the cancer started), we call this a cancer of unknown primary (CUP). Sometimes we can find the original cancer with…

  • What is an SSP and how do we support the North of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Programme?

    What is an SSP and how do we support the North of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Programme? Specialist screening practitioners, affectionately known as SSPs, are a nurse-led team providing the…

  • Cardiology

    Summary of team: A dedicated and team of consultants, specialist nurses and physiologists diagnosing and managing all forms of acute and chronic cardiac disease both in the community and on an…

  • Heart failure nursing

    The community team is five heart failure nurse specialists. Their focus is the treatment, education and long-term care of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure. Our role is to look after…

  • Adult speech and language therapy

    Our speech and language therapy service for adults provides a range of support. Our specialist speech and language therapists (SLTs) are experts in: communication disorders voice disorders…

  • Oncology day unit

    Location Hexham General Hospital Ward Name / Number Oncology Day Unit Direct dial telephone number…

  • Oncology day unit

    Location North Tyneside General Hospital Ward Name / Number Oncology Day Unit Direct dial telephone number…

  • Care of the elderly / Ward 4

    Location  Wansbeck General Hospital Ward name / number Ward 4 Direct dial telephone number 01670 529104 Type of ward Care of the…

  • NHS staff have spirits lifted with special visits from four-legged friends

    NHS staff have spirits lifted with special visits from four-legged friends A&E staff working at Northumberland’s emergency hospital were greeted by friendship dogs to lift their spirits…