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Vital changes to stroke services saving lives across South Tyneside and Sunderland

More patients across South Tyneside and Sunderland are now getting access to high quality stroke care and life saving treatment thanks to major changes made as part of Phase One of the Path to Excellence programme.

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Green light for South Tyneside and Sunderland merger

The formal merger of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation has moved one step closer following positive feedback from regulators NHS Improvement and a recommendation from each individual Trust Board to proceed with the transaction.

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Sunderland healthcare assistant is a shining example

A healthcare assistant at Sunderland Eye Infirmary is the winner of a Cavell Star Award for showing exceptional care for her patients. Charlotte Rooney was nominated by staff on the Glaucoma and Mayling Diagnostic Units, where she has worked since January 2018. She began as an apprentice and recently became a fully qualified healthcare assistant

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Clinical research team at Sunderland Eye Infirmary honoured

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust has been honoured for the contribution of its Ophthalmology research team at Sunderland Eye Infirmary to improving the health and treatment options available to patients worldwide.

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​Programme lead announced for new School of Medicine

One of the region’s leading consultants in elderly medicine and a much-loved mentor to dozens of junior doctors for almost two decades has taken up a key role in the University of Sunderland’s new School of Medicine.

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