People in the North East and North Cumbria are being reassured that the NHS is there for them this Easter weekend should they need it. Despite the pressures the NHS as a whole is experiencing with the evolving coronavirus situation, regional health leaders have reiterated that help is at hand throughout the bank holiday weekend […]
Schools and businesses rally round to boost PPE supplies to protect health and care staff
Talented teachers are amongst an army of kind-hearted volunteers coming forward to support the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic. Working to approved designs, technology departments in schools across the region have set up their own PPE production lines assembling reusable protective visors for front-line healthcare staff. Using laser cutters usually reserved for GCSE projects, staff […]
Don’t delay treatment if you need it – the NHS is here for you
Health chiefs are reminding people that the NHS is still here for them and not to delay treatment if they really need it. Clinical lead for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS), Professor Chris Gray, said: “It’s important for our communities to know that the NHS is here for them, if […]
Region’s NHS steps up plans to tackle Coronavirus
Health chiefs in the North East are today announcing that they are now suspending non-urgent patient transport services to hospitals and clinics and starting to postpone non-urgent planned operations and outpatient appointments to ensure the NHS is as prepared as possible for Coronavirus. The news comes as the region’s NHS steps up plans to cope […]
Keep calm and take sensible steps to protect yourself and others urges region’s NHS
The region’s NHS is appealing to the public to take sensible steps to help reduce the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The plea from health chiefs comes as detailed planning continues across the NHS in the North East and North Cumbria to ensure it is well prepared to care and protect patients, staff and communities. Plans […]
Northumbria University’s first cohort of students to study positive behavioural support have graduated
Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) is an evidence-based approach which is recognised as best practice in supporting people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge. Through assessing the wider social, physical and individual contexts in which such behaviour occurs, it aims to facilitate the understanding of behaviour in order to develop support. The overall goal is […]