Our Communications Team is the first point of contact for all media enquiries.
You can contact the team for information, filming and interview requests. Contact details are on this page.
Please do not contact individual members of Trust staff directly.
The team must oversee all filming or photography on any of our sites. You must contact us if you want to film or take photos.
We have a strict confidentiality policy. We will not give out any information about a patient without permission. This can be permission from them, their guardian or their next of kin.
You must get approval from the Communications Team to interview, film or photograph a patient.
If you want to check on the condition of a patient you must contact the Communications Team. Please do not contact the ward directly. They will not give you this information.
The Team will only give information if we have consent. This can be from the patient, their guardian or their next of kin.
Contact Details
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm:
Fiona Thompson
Media and PR Manager
0191 404 1128
Fiona.
Becky Dolan
Head of PR & Digital
0191 404 1064
Becky.
Out of hours:
Call the numbers below and ask for the on-call manager:
- 0191 565 6256 (Sunderland Royal Hospital)
- 0191 404 1000 (South Tyneside District Hospital)
