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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the first in the UK to use a new implantable device for patients who suffer from back pain. Consultant in pain management, Dr Ashish Gulve implanted the ReActiv8® device at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.

The Friends of The Friarage have a brand new car to give away in their latest fundraiser for the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. Top prize in the bumper prize draw is a brand new Peugeot 208, supplied by Simon Bailes Peugeot and tickets are on sale now at just £2 each.

A charity evening featuring the Soul and Motown tribute the Manhattans plus the fantastic voice of Jonathon Mark is being held at Dorman Club on Friday 26 April. All proceeds will go to Cancer Research, Macmillan and the Trinity Holistic Centre at The James Cook University Hospital.

Stammering rocks! So say the young people and their parents who attend a regular speech and language therapy fluency group in Middlesbrough, run by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Speech and Language Therapy Department. The group wants people to keep their eyes peeled when out and about across Teesside for one of their brightly painted rocks, which are decorated with messages about how it feels to have a stammer.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is going completely smokefree from Monday 1 April as part of a national drive to support more people to stub out the habit and reduce the many serious illnesses linked to smoking. Becoming a smokefree NHS is not just about stopping people from smoking on hospital sites. It’s about improving the health of staff and patients by identifying those who smoke and offering them practical support to quit.

A giant teepee has been set up at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough to give people a space where they can come together when they need it most.

The operational plans to support the urgent temporary changes announced for the Friarage Hospital for 27 March are now being put in place to ensure that the changes happen safely, with minimal impact on patients and local communities and North Yorkshire’s Scrutiny of Health committee have today been updated on the changes.

Twins Katie and Abbie Varty made history at The James Cook University Hospital when they both underwent surgery for scoliosis in the same week.

A UK team, led by consultants from the heart and lung surgery team at The James Cook University Hospital, gave up their holidays to take part in a life-saving mission to Ghana. Surgeons, cardiologists, intensive care practitioners, anaesthetists and a heart bypass technician were among those who spent a week at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from 23 February to 1 March.

Patients undergoing surgery at the Friarage Hospital can now benefit from having the same nurse or operating department practitioner supporting them throughout their procedure. This means patients are with a familiar member of staff from the moment they go to sleep in the anaesthetic room to the moment they open their eyes in the recovery room.