Blogs

Kathryn, one of our Northumbria midwives lets us know more about her role as part of International Day of the Midwife

5th May 2021

My name is Kathryn and I am a midwife working in Hexham and the surrounding areas. I have been working...

Charlie, one of our Northumbria midwives lets us know more about her role as part of International Day of the Midwife

5th May 2021

The role of the Midwife is varied and challenging and usually has a very happy end result.  In the UK...

Paula, one of our Northumbria midwives lets us know more about her role as part of International Day of the Midwife

5th May 2021

I’m Paula Thomas, I’ve been a Midwife for 30 years, 20 of those working at Berwick Maternity Unit. I’m an...

Deaf awareness project officer, Margaret Robertson tells us more about her role and the importance of understanding the needs of our D/deaf community this Deaf Awareness Week

4th May 2021

As the trust’s deaf awareness project officer my role is to deliver D/deaf awareness training and support to colleagues in...

Captain Tom 100 Challenge

29th April 2021

30 April to 3 May Friday 30th April 2021 would have been Captain Sir Tom’s 101st birthday and the anniversary...

Northumbria’s new AHP Practice Placement Facilitator, Marie Constable tells us more about the newly introduced role in her Inside Northumbria Blog

27th April 2021

I’ve recently come in to a new 12-month secondment as an Allied Health Professional Practice Placement Facilitator (AHP PPF) which...

Lucy Davis, mental health social worker talks about her role supporting people with learning disabilities and autism this Autism Awareness Month.

19th April 2021

My name is Lucy Davis and I’m a social worker in the mental health team based in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. My role...

‘I can’t imagine doing anything else’ – in the latest blog, Anji Kingman talks about her role as clinical outcomes manager

19th April 2021

Based at Hexham General Hospital, the key part of my job is PROMs – patient reported outcome measures, which tell...

Run the Great North Run for Bright Northumbria

15th April 2021

Sunday 12 September 2021 There are two ways to run for Bright in the Great North Run: Charity place We...

For Parkinson’s Awareness Week, Steve Dodds, a clinical research nurse, talks about his work on studies into the disease

11th April 2021

I am a clinical research nurse and in simple terms I look for potential patients for studies and if appropriate...

Elaine Spain is a domestic assistant in our emergency hospital. In our latest blog she talks about her experience of working in the NHS

7th April 2021

I’m a Domestic Assistant and I clean all areas of the hospital in Cramlington, mainly working on the wards to...

As a team, we have faced very difficult challenges with patients who required end of life care, and very happy times when we have helped patients to recover from being on ventilation or CPAP, to being discharged home from hospital.

6th April 2021

My name is Karen Brewin, I am the clinical lead for critical care and respiratory medicine and my team also...

Laura Smart is the cancer care coordinator for urology and here she explains a bit more about her role.

29th March 2021

My role is about coordinating the patient journey for anyone referred into hospital with a suspected urological cancer. This means...

Andrew Colvin works as a Health Improvement Practitioner Specialist as part of the integrated wellbeing service in Northumberland and here he offers some tips for managing mental health.

25th March 2021

Our focus is on providing specialist health improvement support and training to local organisations and individuals, with the aim of...

Former apprentice, Tim Hayward has achieved the highest-grade level in the Level 5 Leadership Management Apprenticeship. We caught up with him to hear all about his latest success…

18th March 2021

I’m currently on an 18-month secondment with the University of Cumbria helping to set up a new type of Radiographer...

Judy Mattison is the Lead Matron for Dementia and Delirium at Northumbria Healthcare. Here she describes more about a common but often misunderstood medical condition.

17th March 2021

Delirium is one of the most common conditions we encounter in hospital. Delirium can be really frightening and unsettling not...

Minette Moorhouse, mental health social worker based in Berwick, talks about her role on World Social Work Day.

15th March 2021

I’m based in the community and I work with a variety of clients in their homes as well as in care homes and hospitals. ...

Sarah Weddle shares how varied her role in moving and handling is

11th March 2021

My name is Sarah and I’m an operational lead for the trusts manual handling advisory service. My role involves training...

As part of No Smoking Day, Sunderland stop smoking advisor explains how the service continues to support people through these unprecedented times

10th March 2021

Hi, my name is Donna, I’m a nurse for Sunderland specialist stop smoking service, specialising in long-term conditions.  I work...

As part of No Smoking Day, Northumberland stop smoking advisor explains how the service continues to support people through these unprecedented times

10th March 2021

My name is Carrie Thewlis and I support smokers across Northumberland to quit smoking and this No Smoking Day I...

Junior West-Ham player has raised funds for NHS staff who continue to fight against coronavirus

9th March 2021

Local 11-year-old, Destiny Ditchburn has donated £250 for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Bright Charity as a way to thank...