NHS ‘crack teams’ slash hospital waiting lists with Newcastle’s down by more than 13,000
The overall waiting list at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust is down by more than 13,000, the government…
Full list of North East NHS jobs available now – with salaries up to £165,000
The healthcare provider is recruiting for a range of vacancies across various levels of training and experience The…
Newcastle teen’s ‘exam stress’ symptoms turned out to be a brain tumour
Katie-Jo Bartlett, 19, from Newcastle saw colours on her exam paper and collapsed before doctors discovered she had…
Newcastle nursery nurse goes viral after giving up her own time to cheer up sick kids
Vicki Fryer paints designs on the windows of the children’s wards at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary where she…
Anger after two-month wait for funeral for ‘lovely’ Northumberland man who died without family
Old friends and colleagues of Des Lowther questioned why his body had been allowed to wait two months…
North East parents ‘heartbroken’ after one-year-old daughter’s squint turned out to be rare eye cancer
Denvah Finlay was diagnosed with retinoblastoma after tumours were found behind her eyes Kristy Dawson Multi-Media Journalist 00:27,…
Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary’s new urgent treatment centre on course to open in January
A new Urgent Treatment Centre is being built next to the emergency department at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary,…
Baby boy’s hand severed in womb after early scans showed ‘everything was fine’
A County Durham family were devastated to discover their baby son had ‘severed’ his arm in the womb…
Blocked toilets at Newcastle hospital caused by flushing wipes costing nearly £1,000 to fix
A hospital trust said blocked toilets and drains cost it thousands.Wet wipes pulled out of a toilet at…
Northumberland man, 23, diagnosed with incurable cancer after being told it was ‘slipped disc’
Lewis Scarth was first told his cancer was actually a slipped disc – and spent months going back…
Woman diagnosed with incurable brain tumour in Newcastle after symptoms mistaken for panic attacks
Kim Wilson had three years of strange symptoms – even crashing her car – before she found out…