Just 12 months ago, on 8 December 2020, the UK witnessed a world first as the NHS delivered the Pfizer vaccine to grandmother Maggie Keenan in Coventry at 6.31GMT. In total, 1,050 people in the North East and Yorkshire received their Covid-19 jab on what became known as V-day. Dr Hari Shukla and his wife […]

More than 2 million booster jabs have been delivered in the North East and Yorkshire as the NHS vaccination programme works at pace to protect the most vulnerable from coronavirus this winter. Over the weekend of 20/21 November more than 116,000 booster doses of the vaccine, which can protect against serious illness, were delivered in […]

The NHS region’s Chief Midwife is urging mums across the North East and Yorkshire to come forward and take up their Covid-19 vaccine to safeguard themselves and their babies. Dr Tracey Cooper’s call comes as research shows pregnant women are more likely to become seriously ill from Covid-19, and nationally 98 per cent of those […]

More than one million people in the North East and Yorkshire have received their COVID-19 booster jab, as the NHS vaccination programme continues to protect those most at risk from coronavirus. The NHS launched its COVID-19 vaccination booster programme on September 16, following advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). Nationally, […]

Carlisle has been selected within 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 Carlisle aged 50 to 77 are being asked to look out over the coming weeks for a […]

As hundreds of thousands of text messages and letters go out across England, the NHS Clinical Lead for the Covid vaccination programme for North East and Yorkshire has added her voice to the call for people most at risk from Covid to get their booster vaccine. Dr Yvette Oade (pictured) is calling on people to […]

Middlesbrough and Hartlepool have been selected within 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 Middlesbrough and Hartlepool aged 50 to 77 are being asked to look out over the […]

A West Yorkshire teenager is urging young people in the North East and Yorkshire to get their Covid-19 vaccination at the earliest opportunity, after illness caused by the virus disrupted her school work at a vital time in her studies. Amelie Dissanayaka, 18, (pictured) who’s recovering after contracting Covid-19 last month, said she regretted not […]

North East and North Cumbria has been selected as one of eight areas of the country 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 North East and North Cumbria will be among the first to […]

As invitations to get a Covid vaccine go out to 16- and 17-year-olds, newly released NHS figures show in North East and Yorkshire four in every 10 of those eligible have already been vaccinated. Of 60,039 16- and 17-year-olds in this region, 23,966 (40%) have received their Covid jab since they became eligible on 4 […]