Patients with Macular Degeneration are invited to attend a special awareness day at The James Cook University Hospital – and discover how they can make the best use of their eyesight for many years to come. When they are faced with the news they have macular degeneration, in which the central vision deteriorates due to general wear and tear and lifestyle factors, many patients worry they are going blind.
Staff and patients are invited to attend a microbiology open evening and interactive lab tour at The James Cook University Hospital. Drop into the pathology seminar room between 4pm and 7pm on Wednesday 5 July to discover what microbiology is all about.
A determined grandad who is battling prostate cancer has spoken of his joy at joining Jeff Stelling on his March for Men walk – and vowed to get involved with the event again next year. Roofer Ken Bashford, 60, of New Marske, walked with Jeff Stelling and other Prostate Cancer UK fundraisers from Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium to the Transporter Bridge, as part of Sky Soccer Saturday anchor’s effort to complete 15 marathons in 15 days, taking in 40 football stadiums across the country, from Exeter City FC to Newcastle United.
Our eye experts are holding a Macular Degeneration Awareness Day on Monday 26 June 2017 starting at 9am in the South Tees Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation at James Cook Hospital.
Our nursing heroes have been unveiled ahead of International Nurses Day this Friday, after being honoured honoured at the 14th annual Nightingale Awards at Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium. Kelly Rowe’s exemplary service to paediatric care since 1996, and the many innovations she has introduced as a specialist diabetes nurse saw her named overall winner of the Nightingales, as well as the best Senior Nurse and winner of the Paediatric Award.
A North Yorkshire farmer is opening up his barn to members of the public for the seventh year running, to raise funds for Friends of The Friarage. The annual Barn That Rocks event has become a labour of love for Peter Fall, 70, and wife, Barbara, who now combine the daily chores that come with running the Grazingnook Farm, near Patrick Brompton, close to Bedale, with organising an annual musical extravaganza.
Help us put patient meals to the test at a Come Dine With Me style event at The James Cook University Hospital on Tuesday 14 March. Join us in the staff restaurant from 12.15pm to 1pm to sample a range of dishes before completing a feedback form to let us know what you really think!
The next meeting for the Friarage Breast Cancer Support Group will be held in the Scott Suite at the Friarage Hospital on Wednesday 15 March at 7pm. The guest speaker will be lead cancer nurse Nicky Hand.
A coffee morning in aid of the Friarage MRI Scanner Appeal will be held by South Tees Hospitals Charity team in Northallerton Town Hall on Wednesday 22 February from 9am to 1.30pm.
In 1957 the Friends of the Friarage – then known as the League of Friends – were formed to ‘support the work of the Northallerton hospitals by means of voluntary assistance.’ Now in their 60th year, the Friends are celebrating their Diamond Jubilee having raised in excess of £5million for the Friarage Hospital and the local community.