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Jul 4 2008
NICOLE Vanzie has been appointed sales office manager at Matfen Hall Hotel, Northumberland. Nicole brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge in both sales and hospitality, having worked in the industry for more than 23 years....
Jul 4 2008
EXPLORATORY hip surgery began as far back as 1958 and the first full hip replacement operation was carried out in 1962. Today, 130,000 hip and knee replacements are carried out in the UK each year....
Jul 4 2008
FURTHER strengthening its team, landscape and urban design practice Colour: UDL has recently made two appointments....
Jul 4 2008
CRICKET fanatic Aman Ali is aiming to push the boundaries in his first job in the motor industry....
Jul 4 2008
Nurses from Hexham and Wansbeck General Hospitals were the first to take advantage of a six-month special training course devised by consultant physician Dr Christopher Price and modern matron Helen Maughan....
Jul 4 2008
WE’VE come a long way in healthcare over the past 60 years and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the top emergency care provider in the North East....
Jul 4 2008
We know we have the advantage of modern technology that health providers could never have dreamed of when the NHS was born in 1948. However, it is largely our excellent staff that enables us to say that we’re one of the top healthcare trusts in the country....
Jul 4 2008
IT’S not just the NHS which celebrates its 60th birthday this year – it’s in good company as Northumbria Healthcare’s gardener Colin Ferries has also turned 60....
Jul 4 2008
HELLO and welcome to Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s celebration of 60 years of the NHS. We hope you’ll join us in feeling proud of how far we have come in more than half a century of providing the best possible care to the people of North Tyneside and Northumberland....
Jul 4 2008
We are one of the top 40 trusts in the country (CHKS monitoring group)...
Jul 4 2008
ONE thing that has not changed over the past 60 years is the need to keep our hospitals clean to fight infections. For the past six months, visitors to our hospitals have been met by a life-size model of matron Elaine Henderson reminding people to clean their hands as part of our infection control measures....
Jul 4 2008
DIRECTOR of Nursing Rosemary Stephenson started work as a 16-year-old cadet nurse at Shotley Bridge Hospital and although the regime was very strict she says she loved every minute of it....
Jul 4 2008
OVER the past 60 years our patients have benefited hugely from advances in technology and procedures – allowing faster diagnosis, treatment and recovery....
Jul 4 2008
OVER the past 60 years, Northumbria Healthcare has invested in providing much improved hospital buildings and facilities for our patients....
Jul 4 2008
EVE Short started work as a district nurse midwife in Northumberland in 1948....
Jul 4 2008
Changes in attitudes have helped play a huge role in the patient-led environment with Northumbria Healthcare today....
Jul 4 2008
IN 1948, large open-plan dormitory-style wards, called Nightingale wards, were the norm....
Jul 4 2008
EVERY year, an estimated 150,000 people in the UK have a stroke. Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the UK. It is also a leading cause of severe adult disability. More than 250,000 people live with disabilities caused by a stroke....
Jul 4 2008
DRAMATIC improvements have been made in recent years to cut waiting lists and reduce waiting times....
Jul 4 2008
SINCE the beginning of the NHS in 1948 there has been a total transition in maternity services and we’ve come full circle in the last 60 years....
Jul 4 2008
The trust brought together the strengths of three trusts – North Tyneside, Cheviot and Wansbeck and Northumberland Community. Hexham General Hospital was also included to bring all the county’s healthcare under one umbrella....
Jul 4 2008
PERHAPS one of the biggest changes in the past 60 years is the focus on patients being given the opportunity to help shape the NHS and the services they receive....
Jul 4 2008
THINK of nursing back in the 1940s and 1950s and you’ll probably get an image of a matron running hospital wards with military precision....
Jul 4 2008
NORTHUMBRIA consultants are delivering services closer to patients’ homes by holding clinics in a local health centre....
Jul 4 2008
WE aim to get our patients back on their feet as quickly as possible. The Trust has dedicated specialist teams offering physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, nutritional support and specific dietary advice – offering a more holistic approach than would have been available to patients in the late 1940s....
Jul 4 2008
SEVENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD George Humes was one of the first people to try out Northumbria Healthcare’s new fast-track knee replacement, operations and is delighted with the results....
Jul 4 2008
TOM Sturman has been promoted to head chef at Hide bar and restaurant in Yarm in record time....
