A pilot which aims to increase access to family doctors and build on the high confidence patients already have in pharmacists has been launched in Gateshead.  The NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) allows patients to have a same-day, booked private consultation with a local pharmacist in their own neighbourhood, when calling their family doctor […]

The NHS in Yorkshire and the Humber has today revealed the four individuals and teams it has chosen as part of ten regional champions for the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards, supported by Fuji Film to celebrate outstanding health and care staff helping patients as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The regional champions including […]

The NHS in the North Cumbria has today revealed the four individuals and teams it has chosen as regional champions for the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards, supported by Fuji Film to celebrate outstanding health and care staff helping patients as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The regional champions will now go head to […]

The NHS in the North East has today revealed the two individuals and teams it has chosen as part of ten regional champions for the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards, supported by Fuji Film to celebrate outstanding health and care staff helping patients as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The regional champions will now […]

A FORMER smoker diagnosed with cancer is urging smokers across West Yorkshire and Harrogate to never give up quitting for the launch of a new 16 Cancers campaign. “People think the hard part is the cancer diagnosis, but the difficult part is living with the aftermath.  I have been living with a tracheostomy after being […]

A FORMER smoker who was diagnosed with cancer is urging smokers across Humber, Coast and Vale to never give up quitting for the launch of a new 16 Cancers campaign. Last summer after visiting his GP with a sore throat James Roberts, from Cottingham, was referred for a biopsy which revealed the devasting news that […]

A new partnership, funded by national cancer transformation funds, will speed up diagnosis times for over 250,000 patients across the north east and north Cumbria, using the latest digital technology. NHS England’s £2 million investment is being used by staff and specialists in the Northern Cancer Alliance to develop innovative and pioneering ways of supporting […]

A new partnership, funded by national cancer transformation funds, will speed up diagnosis times for over 250,000 patients across the north east and north Cumbria, using the latest digital technology. NHS England’s £2 million investment is being used by staff and specialists in the Northern Cancer Alliance to develop innovative and pioneering ways of supporting […]

On 1 June, GP practices across Yorkshire and the Humber will be celebrating the first anniversary of the parkrun practice initiative. More than 900 general practices across England have now signed up to be a ‘parkrun practice’; linking with their local parkrun events to promote the health and wellbeing of patients and staff. parkrun are […]

Almost 100,000 additional general practice appointments will be available right across the country over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, with patients across the North East and Yorkshire set to benefit from local plans for convenient care, the NHS has confirmed. As part of its Long Term Plan for the health service, the NHS is making […]