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12 June 2019
Eight-year-old Benjamin Miller has a very special reason for taking part in this year’s Mini Great North Run - he will be running in aid of Sunderland Royal Hospital’s head and neck cancer charitable fund to thank the team who helped to save his mum’s life.
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11 June 2019
A ground-breaking £985,000 cancer research and treatment project, funded by the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and announced today (11 June), aims to reverse the region’s high incidence and low survival rates of bowel cancer (also called colorectal cancer).
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5 June 2019
The family of a South Shields father who was cared for in his final days by staff in the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) at South Tyneside District Hospital have donated items to aid other patients in their recovery.
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28 May 2019
A national conference in Emergency Radiology is coming to the region for the first time in June, bringing together a range of medical experts from all over Europe. The British Society of Emergency Radiology Conference, which is being held at the Durham Marriott Hotel on the 5th and 6th of June, promotes excellence in emergency imaging across the UK.
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24 May 2019
The region’s NHS has issued a plea for the public to access emergency services with care ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend. A surge in demand is expected in hospitals across the North East and North Cumbria over the long weekend. To help ease the pressure, doctors are asking people to use services carefully and with consideration.
