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Patients and staff will be raising a cup to mark the start of building work on The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at the Friarage Hospital on 29 September 2017 as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. The annual Macmillan Cancer Support charity event this year coincides with construction getting underway on the new multi-million pound cancer centre at the hospital, which is being funded by local philanthropist Sir Robert Ogden, Macmillan and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is gradually introducing a new electronic document management system across all of its wards at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. The Evolve Clinical Noting system will eventually replace all healthcare records at the trust.  Clinicians will still have access to past paper records, but any new information will go into the electronic system so they can securely access it instantly from any NHS site.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – review of Annual Report and awards and achievements for 2016/2017.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust continue to build on their successful record for patient-centred research, development and innovation by leading a pioneering trial which could, ultimately, be used as a first line to detect osteoporosis. In their latest partnership with IBEX Innovations Limited (IBEX), €1.6million has been secured from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme to investigate the effectiveness of their equipment, which can pick up bone density information alongside conventional X-ray images.

Taking pride of place on the walls at The James Cook University Hospital are three photographs of people who have transformed the lives of strangers. The emotive images are a tribute to patients who have selflessly donated organs to enable others to have life-saving transplants when there was nothing more could be done to save their own lives.

All the months of training are over, and thousands of runners, walkers and charity fund-raisers are now eagerly awaiting the starting gun for Sunday’s (September 3) Taylor Wimpey Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10k.

The heart team at The James Cook University Hospital has reached an exciting milestone after successfully carrying out one of its most advanced procedures on more than 500 patients. TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) is an advanced procedure in which a team of specially trained consultants replace a narrowed heart valve without the need for open heart surgery.

Superheroes and cartoon creations will be adding a touch of fun to this weekend’s Middlesbrough Tees Pride 10k. And for those still hoping to enter the flagship event on Sunday, September 3, the deadline for entries has been extended to midnight on Thursday (August 31).

Senior researchers in memory affecting disorders from throughout the region and beyond will address crowds at an annual research event hosted by NEURACLIN on 20 September. NEURACLIN is a network of North-East based neuroscience and research orientated academics and clinical workers which brings experts together to share knowledge and collaborate on research projects.

One minute they were performing in front of millions of TV viewers on The Voice, the next they were fighting a battle with throat cancer which threatened to end their musical career. But a year later Pamela Wett and Rory Wilde are set to star in a Grand Charity Show at Whitby Pavilion to give something back to the Head and Neck Cancer Unit that saved Rory’s life.