SOUTH Tyneside and Sunderland Hospitals NHS Trust has experienced an increase in staff absences for anxiety, stress and depression, data shows. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request found that from 2019-2020 there was a 21 per cent increase between nursing and midwifery, dental and medicine and admin staff absences […]
International travel will be allowed from May 17, and the NHS app could soon be used as a proof of vaccination. As the number of deaths and hospitals admissions has dropped in the UK, people feel optimistic about booking their summer holiday. However, the idea of vaccine certifications is still […]
MPs in the North East have spoken out about the Government’s recommendation that NHS staff in England should receive a 1 per cent pay increase this year. It comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer demanded that MPs should be given a vote on the pay rise in the House […]
A NEW degree designed to prepare the nursing generation of tomorrow is launching today at the University of Sunderland. The new Blended Learning Nursing degree programme offers an innovative and flexible approach for those hoping to join the profession. Last year, Sunderland was named as one of seven universities trail-blazing […]
WITH a large number of Christmas events being cancelled, Sunderland-born dancer Jennifer Foulds has found a way of bringing the festive magic directly to your front door in a Covid-safe way. JENNIFER Foulds, 27, is used to working in performing arts, but – along with so many of her […]
AFTER an increase in “desperately sick” COVID-19 patients in October, and more patients in intensive care than in April; NHS England will be brought back to its highest alert level at midnight tonight. Chief of the NHS, Sir Simon Stevens said that the move to level four was in preparation […]
Our daily round-up of the latest coronavirus news. Disease expert: releasing safe but unproven vaccines would be ‘wrong’ Peter Horby, professor of emerging infectious diseases and global health at the University of Oxford, said potential Covid-19 treatments that have been demonstrated to be safe but not yet proven to […]
A temporary 460 bed NHS Nightingale hospital in Washington has officially been opened by Ant and Dec. The Geordie duo were among a host of local celebrities including Alan Shearer, Brenda Blethyn and Si King who attended the virtual opening ceremony of the hospital at the new Innovation Centre in […]
A North East business has shown its appreciation to health workers by baking and donating cupcakes to NHS staff in Newcastle. MK Catering donated 200 cupcakes to frontline staff who are fighting the Covid-19 pandemic at the Royal Victoria Infirmary on Friday last week. In the next week, they’re due […]
#The CoronaDiaries WITH an ever-rising death toll and a struggling health service, have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for the NHS during a global pandemic? The latest figures released by Public Health England on Friday (April 3) show that cases in the North […]