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• Celebrating our AHP workforce - Stacey Welburn

  Stacey began her Northumbria journey in 2008 working as a medical records clerk. Having always wanting to pursue a career in healthcare, an opportunity for a secondment to undertake studies in operating department practice arose. Stacey grabbed this opportunity and has never looked back!

• National survey recognises positive hospital experience of children and young people in Northumberland

  The experiences of children and young people and their families at a Northumberland hospital are among the best in country, according to the latest national survey.

• Warm-hearted NHS staff fulfil the wishes of a palliative care patient by organising for a horse to visit her at hospital

  The family of a woman who loved horses have said ‘her face lit up like a kid at Christmas’ when her wish of seeing a horse for the last time came true.

• Final phase of Hexham hospital redevelopment programme completed with opening of new theatres

  Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has completed the final phase of a major multimillion-pound redevelopment programme with the opening of new, state-of-the-art operating theatres at Hexham General Hospital, marking a significant milestone for patient care and surgical services.

• Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital neonatal unit achieves Gold Bliss Baby Charter

  Northumbria Specialist Emergency Hospital neonatal unit has successfully completed its Gold Baby Charter accreditation – the first in the North East to do so.

• Three NHS Trusts join forces to bring pioneering sleep apnoea treatment to the North East

  A patient in the North East has become the first in the region to receive a pioneering implant that helps people with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) breathe normally while they sleep.

• 40-Years of service for catering supervisor at community hospital

  Catering supervisor Angela Smith at Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital achieves 40-Year Service in the same month the NHS turns 75.

• Graduate nurse is realising her dreams at Northumbria Healthcare

  A prize-winning graduate is fulfilling a life-long nursing ambition – thanks to a University apprenticeship.

• Patients and staff settling well on new Berwick ward

  Patients and staff are settling in well into Berwick Infirmary’s new temporary inpatient ward.

• International Day of the Midwife - In conversation with Gemma Bolton

  To celebrate International Day of the Midwife, Gemma talks about her experiences taking part in Parkruns.