Health improvement

Special offer on Trinity Holistic Centre gift vouchers – perfect for Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.

South Tees has joined the fight against flu this winter by launching a campaign to encourage all staff to be vaccinated. While frontline health workers will be given priority, everyone at the trust – including volunteers and students – will be encouraged to have the flu vaccine to ensure they are protected before the winter season.

Care homes across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland can now take advantage of a new training package to help them prevent undernutrition.

Want to get into shape but don’t know where to start? Tried every diet going but nothing seems to work? They why not take advantage of the free services provided by the trust’s health trainers?

Do you enjoy singing? Want to join South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s choir?

A new monthly drop in for breast cancer patients is being held at the Friary clinic outpatient department at the Friary Hospital in Richmond.

The health promoting hospitals team are urging staff and patients to complete a cervical screening survey which has been launched by the public health team at Middlesbrough Council.

The Friarage Hospital’s stoma care department is holding an open day for ostomy patients at the Northallerton hospital.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is urging staff, patients and visitors to be more aware of the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy. The maternity unit at The James Cook University Hospital is holding an awareness event on Tuesday 9 September 2014 from 9.30am to 12 noon to mark Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering staff and visitors the chance to have a free NHS Health Check to assess your risk of developing cardio vascular illnesses. The checks will be available on site at James Cook University Hospital.