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Healthcare science staff from the Trust will be celebrating Healthcare Science Week from 9 to 18 March 2018

Patients at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton are now benefitting from a state-of-the-art eye scanner. The £153,000 Heidelberg machine, generously donated by the Friends of the Friarage, will speed up diagnosis and save patients having to travel to other hospitals.

Got a 4X4? Could you help us get a colleague into work during these adverse weather conditions? If you are struggling to get in because of the snow and would welcome a lift (subject to availability) please email sarah.urwin@nhs.net

With the extreme weather across the North East and North Cumbria, the region’s NHS has urgent guidance for patients, staff and the public. Urgent and emergency care services across the region’s hospitals are continuing to run as usual, however, please only attend if absolutely necessary as services are extremely busy.

The audiology service will be closing the open access hearing aid repair clinic at the Friarage Hospital at 3pm today. The service has also had to cancel the clinic due to run at the East Cleveland Primary Care Hospital in Brotton completely.

Volunteers are needed for the Macmillan Information and Support Centre at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. The information service will move into The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre, currently under construction and due for completion this autumn, and up to 20 new volunteers are required to support the existing service and new development.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has today released a report which shows more than 1,500 people shared their views on the future of the Friarage Hospital.

Patients at The James Cook University Hospital can now undergo hand surgery while they are awake. Trauma experts at the Middlesbrough Hospital have been piloting a new hand block service which uses local anaesthetic to numb the nerves so patients can stay awake to watch their operation and chat to their consultant throughout the procedure.

The world’s biggest 5k inflatable obstacle course is set to raise thousands of pounds for local hospitals when it heads to Teesside this year. GUNG-HO! Seriously Fun 5k comes to Wynyard Hall on Saturday 31 March 2018 and South Tees Hospitals Charity has been named as the event’s local partner.

Researchers in health and education are leading a new trial that aims to reduce patients’ dependency on strong pain killers. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Warwick have developed a support programme that they hope will help people with long term pain reduce their dependency on opioids and improve their quality of life.