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The vascular birthmark clinic at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust now has a second ultrasound machine thanks to the efforts of a young fundraiser and the support of a national charity.

Researchers from The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough are appealing for families of children born prematurely, or with conditions such as asthma, diabetes, Down’s syndrome and cerebral palsy, to take part in a national study. James Cook is participating in the University of Oxford’s ARCHIE study, which is looking at whether early antibiotic treatment may prevent these ‘at risk’ children from becoming more unwell when they get flu. The research is funded by the National Institute of Health Research.

How would you like to join us in The Potting Shed, Northallerton on 9 December for Christmas afternoon tea?

Patients’ involvement in a pioneering cancer trial at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have led to ‘practice changing’ results about how mesothelioma will be treated in the future.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reached an important milestone by recruiting their 100th patient to a leading-edge cancer trial known as the
Prostate Advances in Comparative Evidence (PACE) trial and is the second highest recruiter in the country.

Veteran midwife Anne Court has retired after 40 years of helping hundreds of babies into the world at the Friarage Hospital and across the local community.

Further drop-in events about the development of a long term, sustainable plan for the Friarage Hospital will be held in November and December 2017.

The radiotherapy department at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is holding its annual careers open day on Sunday 19 November 2017. Those interested in a career in radiotherapy – including school leavers, college graduates, mature students and careers teachers – are welcome to call into the department, which is located near to the north entrance at James Cook between 11am and 1pm.  

The day after Jack Kane was told he had just weeks to live he got the nurses to lift him out of his wheelchair and put him down on one knee to propose to his partner Emma Clarke. Eight days later after a whirlwind of planning, the bride and groom were married in the chapel at The James Cook University Hospital, surrounded by close friends and family. But the story doesn’t end there…

A number of drop-in events about the development of a long term, sustainable plan for the Friarage Hospital will be held next week, starting on Monday (6 November 2017) in Catterick Garrison, closely followed by Stokesley and Northallerton.