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• “This test could save your life” – Teessiders urged to not ignore bowel cancer test in new campaign

  […] posted through your front door could save your life”. That is the message from Teessiders backing a regional campaign for people to not ignore a bowel cancer test sent to the homes of all people after they turn 50. The home test kit collects a small sample of poo which is posted back to […]

• Birth partners offered COVID-19 tests

  Birth partners accompanying mums-to-be as they deliver their baby are now being offered COVID-19 tests. In a move to combat the virus, we’re asking every birth partner to take a self-administered Lateral Flow test on their arrival to the delivery suite. Partners attending elective caesarean sections will also be offered the test. It returns […]

• Research team join search for new test for type 1 diabetes

  A study investigating a potential test for children who may be at risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the future is among two new trials a health trust’s research team is involved in. The team at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two research services in the region […]

• CT Guided Lung Biopsy

  What to expect from your CT Guided Lung Biopsy test.

• COVID-19 tests advised for all pregnant women and partners attending hospital appointments

  […] pregnant women to all antenatal appointments are lifted, we are appealing to all mums-to-be to keep themselves, other patients and staff safe by taking regular self-administered COVID-19 tests. Lateral Flow Tests, available for free from the government, are quick, easy and provide an immediate result for the virus. The government is advising everyone to […]

• Continuing to keep doctors up to their PACES

  […] NHS Foundation Trust has hosted the postgraduate clinical exam (PACES) for doctors working towards membership of the Royal College of Physicians for several years. The exams, which test the knowledge and skills of trainee doctors aiming to enter higher specialty training, has changed format – with the trust being among one of the first […]

• Milestone reached as extra two million scans, tests and checks delivered

  […] Valley helping to contribute to a national milestone this week. The community diagnostic centres have now carried out more than two million vital tests, checks and scans for patients – with more than 200,000 of these being delivered in the North East and Yorkshire. In the Tees Valley over this period, the centres delivered […]

• Health worker to carry out cervical screening tests as part of new staff initiative – after gaining qualifications

  A health worker will help carry out cervical screening tests for Trust staff – after gaining specialist qualifications. Claire Murphy, a nursing associate, is now fully qualified to perform the tests in the new service at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. This was after Claire, who is already an associate practitioner in […]

• Coronavirus cases being tested in just hours, thanks to health trust’s new system

  Suspected coronavirus cases are being tested at a health trust within hours. After a team of scientists set up a new process in record time. The programme at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust means tests for suspected COVID-19 can be completed and results shown within just six hours once in the laboratory. […]

• Progress on new town centre NHS facility offering rapid health checks, tests and scans

  Work is continuing to build a new community diagnostic centre which will give people rapid access to tests, checks and scans. The centre on Stockton High Street will help speed up the diagnosis of any health problems and guide follow up treatment. Less than 12 months after building works started, significant progress has been […]