Family say teenager Christie Harnett was failed on ‘colossal scale’ as NHS trust fined £200k
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust has been fined £200,000 over failings that led to the deaths of Christie Harnett and another woman.
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North East Ambulance Service bosses report ‘best in the country’ cardiac arrest response
NEAS bosses said that response to the most critically ill patients remained top-of-the-class
County Durham mental health patient hits out at use of ‘invasive’ video monitoring technology on wards
A patient at West Park Hospital has raised concerns about the use of Oxevision technology on his ward – saying it has previously, elsewhere, made him feel "like you’re constantly being watched"
County Durham and Darlington maternity services have improved but there’s still ‘a need for more experienced midwives’, inspectors say
Two North East hospitals have seen maternity services improve, Care Quality Commission inspectors said, but more needs to be done
Durham MP Mary Foy urges women to go for their mammograms as she faces cancer herself
Durham MP Mary Kelly Foy is keen to use her own cancer diagnosis to encourage people to get checked so that the illness is caught as early as possible
