Anyone experiencing feelings such as anxiety, depression or other common mental health concerns can get help from NHS Talking Therapies (also known as IAPT, Improved Access to Psychological Therapies). Support can be offered in a number of ways – one-to-one, in a group, by phone, video, interactive text or online. Tracey’s mental health recovery began […]
Newcastle has been selected as one of several places within the North East and North Cumbria to take part in the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. People in Newcastle aged 50 to 77 years old are being asked to […]
As half-term approaches, NHS Covid-19 vaccination leaders in the North East and Yorkshire are urging students, and their families, to get vital protection against Covid-19. Many vaccination services across the region are increasing the number of clinics and pop-up sites to make it even easier for young people and their families to get jabbed during […]
As NHS teams in the North East and Yorkshire continue to jab up to 11,000 people a day against Covid-19, vaccination leaders are reaching out to people who remain unvaccinated to take up the ‘Evergreen’ offer of protection against the Omicron variant and the risk of serious illness. All adults in the region are eligible […]
Dr Sanjay Gupta, Consultant Paediatrician at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, explains in this blog why ensuring children are vaccinated against flu is important both for their health and to help the NHS cope with winter pressures. Coronavirus and its variants have caused enough damage and disruption to everyone’s life over the past two […]
NHS vaccination leaders are urging the more than one million people in the North East and Yorkshire who remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 to come forward for their life-saving jab. Between today and Sunday (16 January) there will be more than 210,000 vaccination appointments available on the National Booking Service in the North East and Yorkshire […]
With more than 73,000 people across the North East and Yorkshire answering the call to get vaccinated on the two bank holidays after Christmas, the NHS is reminding people who are eligible there are still plenty of opportunities to get maximum protection against the Covid-19 Omicron variant. Newcastle’s Grainger Market, Elland Road park-and-ride in Leeds, […]
The region’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign continues to break records, with more than 4 million people in the North East and Yorkshire coming forward for their booster jabs, NHS figures show. The latest milestone in the turbo-charged NHS vaccination programme comes little more than a week since the region reached 3 million booster doses, which give […]
Sunderland has been selected as one of several places within the North East and North Cumbria to take part in the world’s largest trial of a revolutionary new blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. People in Sunderland aged 50 to 77 years old are being asked to […]
As the number of people in the North East and Yorkshire vaccinated against Covid-19 passes 16 million, the NHS has underlined its call for all eligible adults to get their booster jab by the end of the month. The 16 million jabs milestone comes as bookings in this region for booster jabs, which give vital protection against […]