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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will hold the third in a series of drop-in events about the development of a long term, sustainable plan for the Friarage Hospital will be held in Richmond on Saturday (21 October) from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

This week staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are gearing up for what they hope will be the perfect week in an ambitious drive to eliminate delays. The trust, which runs The James Cook University Hospital and the Friarage Hospital as well as a range of community services, launches its No Delays in 7 Days initiative tomorrow (Wednesday 11 October).

New research shows encouraging evidence for a role of exercise training in patients in the weeks leading up to major surgery.

A programme of engagement is starting today about the development of a long term, sustainable plan for the Friarage Hospital.

Staff and patients raised a cup to mark the start of building work on The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. The annual Macmillan Cancer Support charity event this year coincided 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.

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.