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Staff at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust are being invited to show their support for breaking down barriers which people may face within the NHS, by signing a pledge and wearing a Rainbow Badge.

The head and neck cancer team at Sunderland Royal Hospital will be highlighting the importance of HPV infection and the vaccination programme to prevent it during Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week, September 16th to 20th*.

Nurses seeking to develop their careers with South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust could leave the next recruitment event with a job offer in their hand.

South Tyneside District Hospital’s new midwifery-led birthing centre is proving to be a popular choice for expectant mams in the local area. Eighteen babies have now been born in the new facility, which opened on August 5. The centre’s latest arrival and 18th baby to be born at the centre is Liam Matthew Harrison. He was delivered by experienced midwife Michelle Becke, who has worked at the maternity unit at South Tyneside District Hospital for over 20 years.

A replica bus stop in Sunderland Royal Hospital’s Emergency Department is helping to calm and reassure patients with dementia. Supplied by Nexus and complete with a bus stop sign and a current timetable of local routes, it is situated in a quiet room where they can sit and reminisce.