News tagged Coronavirus

Families in Middlesbrough can continue to gain free access to vital ‘healthy start’ vitamin supplements over the lockdown period.

Laboratory teams at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were amongst the first in the country to develop round the clock on-site testing for COVID-19.

Durham Tees Valley Research Alliance has joined the fight against coronavirus by recruiting COVID-19 patients to participate in a ground-breaking new study.

The family of a grandmother who was discharged from hospital after recovering from coronavirus are among more than 150 people that have volunteered to help South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust during the pandemic.

Community nursing teams have pulled out all the stops to ensure their most vulnerable patients get the care they need throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams have adapted their ways of working to keep patient visits to a minimum – whether it’s carrying out telephone consultations or teaching families basic wound care.

Kindness calls are helping people who are affected by health issues, isolated, lonely or just want to talk during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new telephone service, which has been launched by the Trinity Holistic Centre, offers regular 30 minute phone calls from an experienced team of therapists to provide a listening ear, practical advice and information on local services.

A Middlesbrough mum, who gave birth during the coronavirus pandemic, thanked staff on International Day of the Midwife for going above and beyond for her and her daughter.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering video appointments to patients across an increasing number of services as part of its COVID-19 response. The Attend Anywhere video appointments provide clinicians at The James Cook University Hospital, Friarage Hospital and the trust’s community services with the ability to offer patient consultations that would have otherwise not have been possible due to the current lockdown situation.

Health officials are encouraging people across Teesside to seek help if they are feeling lonely or distressed during the coronavirus lockdown.

Leading emergency services, local authorities and other key workers across the region are making a call for Teesside to play its part in responding to the need for continued commitment to government advice to adhere to social distancing.