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Northumbria Healthcare NHS trust bucks national trend to pay some bank staff bonuses

Some bank staff at the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust will receive a lump sum bonus payment as part of the pay deal agreed in May - but that's not the case elsewhere in the North East

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Autism diagnosis 'takes far too long': New report lays bare experience of Northumberland families with NHS services

A new report highlights how young people with autism can struggle to navigate the NHS and access appropriate support.

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A&E waiting times improve in the North East with 'trolley waits' slashed and Northumbria Healthcare still best in England

A&E performance in the North East has improved over February, bucking a national trend.

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How Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has become the best in the country for A&E waiting times

When it comes to A&E waiting times, you're likely to be cared for quicker at Cramlington's hospital than anywhere else.

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Hospitals in England with worst A&E waits revealed - check if yours is on the list

New data has revealed the worst NHS trusts for A&E waiting times across England as the health service has battled through one of its toughest winters in recent years

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The 70mph drones taking hospital medical supplies to the skies

Drones will transport clinical supplies, prescriptions, blood packs and mail

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Northumbria hospitals have shortest A&E waits in the country, says BBC

Northumbria Healthcare hospitals have the smallest percentage of patients in England facing waits at A&E of more than four hours, an analysis of data suggests

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NHS trust to use Fitbits to monitor heart attack patients and help with their rehab

Northumbria Healthcare is one of three NHS trusts to be part of a trial with Fitbit and Google

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Nightmare flu season sees almost 30 times more patients in hospitals with the illness compared to November

Figures show that there were almost 300 patients in three North East hospitals with flu on New Year's Day.

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Northumbria Healthcare NHS staff 'tired and stretched' with A&E attendances at record levels

It comes ahead of what is expected to be a difficult winter period for the health service nationally

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NHS 'one-stop' clinics in Morpeth to speed up treatment for hip and knee replacements and skin cancer patients

Morpeth View will help orthopaedic and plastics patients from the third floor of the existing Morpeth NHS Centre

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Northumbria Healthcare and contractors who built new Cramlington hospital settle £140m legal action over 'defects' such as fire safety and drainage

Wide-ranging defects in the seven-year-old Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington led to an £140m legal case.

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Northumbria NHS trust sees huge rise in women taking cocaine while pregnant - and they're urged to tell midwife

Cases detecting cocaine in pregnancy at Northumbria Healthcare have risen from just three women in 2017 to 47 in 2021

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Northumbria Healthcare introduces new laser treatment for bladder cancer patients - that helps deal with small tumours

The TULA procedure has been introduced at Northumbria Healthcare meaning that patients who would have previously gone to Newcastle no longer need to

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'This is just the start' - Northumbria surgeons use AI to predict complications in knee and hip replacements

Surgeons in Northumberland are using Artificial Intelligence to inform how they manage complex hip and knee ops.

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Work begins to bring NHS beds back to Rothbury as part of 'truly flexible' transformation at community hospital

Campaigners and politicians are chuffed to see work begin to reopen inpatient beds - and care home provision - in Rothbury.

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North East A&E attendance up 10,000 on a year ago - with huge strain on NHS and national fears about ambulance handovers

Thousands more people attended hospital with for urgent treatment this May than a year ago.

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Northumbria Healthcare send ultrasound machines to Sierra Leone to help set up vital new maternity hospital

Three ultrasound machines are winging their way

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NHS staff 'need free parking and better mileage rates' says top North East union figure urging hospitals to 'defy' Government

A union figure in the North East said that it was vital hospital trusts retained free car parking - or else they could be facing a staff exodus.

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A&E under pressure as North East hospitals back at record levels and hundreds wait hours for a bed

Close to 100,000 people in the North East attended A&E last month amid huge strain on the NHS

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Wellbeing dogs bring morale boost to NHS staff working on emergency frontline

Friendship dogs have been used to help lift the spirits of A&E staff working at Northumberland’s emergency hospital.

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North East NHS trust removes 'normal births' midwife job advert after campaigners raise concerns

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has removed an advert criticised for promoting the idea of "normal birth" - which has been discredited by a key recent report

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Northumbria Healthcare Trust voted one of the best in the country for postnatal care

The national survey was completed by women across the UK, based on their experiences of maternity care

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