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Praise for NHS staff at City Hospitals Sunderland as healthcare leaders reflect on 2017/18

Leaders at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust have thanked staff working across the organisation after another increasingly busy and successful year for the Trust

Cabinet Office: National Fraud Initiative (NFI)

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is required to protect the public funds it administers. It may share information provided to it with other bodies responsible for auditing, or administering public funds, or where undertaking a public function in order to prevent and detect fraud.

Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week 17-21 September - check your neck!

Head and neck cancer is twice as common as cervical cancer. In Sunderland we see around 250 new patients every year. What was historically a disease that primarily affected smokers and drinkers, now affects a much wider percentage of the population due to the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Many patients present with a lump in the neck as their only symptom.

New School of Medicine head announced

Professor Scott Wilkes will head up the University of Sunderland’s new School of Medicine when it opens in September 2019. A Professor of General Practice and Primary Care at the University and part-time GP in North Tyneside, Professor Wilkes will oversee the new School’s teaching, research and engagement with NHS partners - building on Sunderland’s already strong partnerships in health related disciplines.

Local people urged to talk about organ donation and help save lives

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is asking people to support Organ Donation Week, September 3 to 9, as new figures show the number of lives saved by local donors.