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Study reveals level of incorrect allergy labels which help to drive antibiotic resistance
A team at a North East NHS trust has launched a project to tackle the issues caused by patients incorrectly being labelled as allergic to certain medicines.
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Multimillion-pound project to slash carbon emissions at North East hospital reaches completion
A major project to decarbonise North Tyneside General Hospital with the aim of reducing carbon emissions by 75% has been completed.
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Apprenticeships helping NHS trust to develop key members of skilled workforce
A North East NHS trust is now using apprenticeships to develop staff for a key role that supports patients having surgery.
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Minor injuries units to be redesignated as urgent treatment centres
The Minor Injuries Units (MIU) at Berwick and Alnwick Infirmaries are to be redesignated as Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) from Tuesday, 1 April, 2025.
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Work to lay hospital foundations will begin this week
This is a major and exciting milestone in the £35 million project to provide Berwick and the surrounding areas with high-quality community hospital healthcare.
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust were delighted to play a role in the opening of a brand-new healthcare training facility at Northumberland school, Bede Academy.
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North East hospitals team up with the ambulance service to improve air quality in the region
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle Hospitals have signed a commitment alongside the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to ask ambulance crews to turn off their engines when they stop at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, the Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
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From retail to resilience: My journey into occupational health nursing
To celebrate our Northumbria nurses this week, we caught up with Laura McKenna, clinical lead in occupational health to discuss the important role OH nurses play in fostering workplace wellbeing.
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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s emergency department (ED) at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital has become the first in the country to receive a gold accreditation from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s (RCEM) GreenED programme.
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North Shields-based artists selected to create sculpture for new community hospital
Bright, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s official charity has appointed Nic Quinn and Colin Davies from art production practice Sum.Place to create a mobile sculpture for the new Berwick Community Hospital.
