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Children waking up in the recovery area of the paediatric surgical day unit at The James Cook University Hospital are now being greeted by some very familiar faces! Among the new murals adorning the walls of the recovery unit are Percy the Park Keeper and Kipper the Dog.

The myeloma service at The James Cook University Hospital has been accredited as a centre of excellence. The Myeloma UK Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) accreditation recognises the Middlesbrough hospital’s commitment to providing superior treatment to myeloma patients.

Over the last 18 months, following public engagement, consultants at the Friarage have developed an innovative new model, to provide acute medical services in a small rural hospital. During this public engagement South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust stated its intent to go out to full public consultation on this model. However, the Trust has now been overtaken by events and needs to make some temporary changes to critical care services at the Friarage Hospital.

The children’s wards at both The James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital now have a fleet of five electric cars. Children can use the cars to get to theatres or x-ray, helping to ease any anxieties and make their hospital stay as comfortable as possible.

Due to a technical error our online forms have not been working this week and any submissions have been automatically deleted.  If you have submitted a form between 1 and 6 February please resubmit it now to ensure your request is not missed.

Have you or any of your relatives had outstanding hospital care in the last year? If so, why not nominate a nurse or midwife for a Nightingale Award?

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest to benefit from a pioneering specialist nurse programme to help patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Thanks to the fundraising efforts of its supporters, the MS Trust has helped to recruit and fund a new MS specialist nurse at South Tees as part of its campaign to ensure nobody in the UK has to manage MS alone.

Academics and health professionals are combining their expertise to trial new technology which could speed up the diagnosis and treatment for thousands of hepatitis and HIV patients.

Free NHS WiFi is now available for staff, patients and visitors at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.

Stop smoking support for staff has been launched as part of the Trust’s pledge to go smokefree by the end of March 2019. Provided by occupational health, the 12-week programme is designed to help staff stop smoking with the support of a qualified stop smoking advisor.