Some pharmacies across Northumberland and North Tyneside will be open over the Easter Holidays. You can see which pharmacies are open and when, by clicking on the link below.
Northumberland Pharmacies – Easter Opening Hours
The Hear to Help Project from Action on Hearing Loss will close at the end of April 2019. After this time, hearing aid support will be available directly from NHS audiology services. Please see details below.
Hearing Aid Support from NHS Audiology
Email: tnu-tr.audiology@nhs.net
Phone for appointments at:
| Alnwick Infirmary | 01665 626 745 |
| Berwick, Union Brae Surgery | 01289 330 333 |
| Corbridge Health Centre | 01434 632 011 |
| Cramlington Health Centre (Manor Walks) | 01670 335 311 |
| Hexham General Hospital | 0191 223 1043 |
| Morpeth NHS Centre | 01670 500 920 |
| North Tyneside Hospital | 0191 223 1043 |
Weekday walk-in clinic for repairs at The Freeman Hospital, 9.00am to 4.00pm. For appointments call: 0191 223 1043.
If you’d like to find out more about working in the NHS, head to the Royal Victoria Infirmary for this recruitment event. The NHS is committed to making workplaces inclusive and is taking positive action to increase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic representation in the workforce.
Whether you come along for a few minutes or longer you will have the opportunity to speak to staff, view current vacancies, learn how to set up for job alerts, learn how to complete a good application form and find out about volunteering opportunties. Staff representatives from all local NHS Trusts will be on hand to answer all of your questions.
Workshops will be available throughout the day:
The event takes place at The Royal Victoria Infirmary (New Education Centre), Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP on Saturday 27 April, from 10.00am until 3.00pm.
Peter Woods of HexhamTV has made a film with a group of carers from Amble who are looking after their partners with dementia.
The film is called ‘A Space at the Table’ because the space at the table that the person living with dementia would normally fill is gradually fading away with far reaching implications for each person living with dementia and also for their partners.
The film which lasts for an hour and 16 minutes is very personal and powerful and comes with a warning that it is not suitable to be shown to those living with dementia, those under 16 or to people who may be adversely affected by seeing its contents
With the kind support of Tynedale Dementia Action Group and The Forum Cinema, Hexham, Peter’s film is now being shown during Dementia Action Week 2019, on Wednesday 22 May, to highlight the honest and truthful experience of carers of partners living with dementia in Northumberland..
In the future Peter hopes the film will be shown widely to health professionals and to a wider audience so the needs of carers in this situation can be properly understood.
Anyone wanting to use Peter’s film within their organisation can be sent a copy in return for a donation to the work of Dry Water Arts and The Curiosity Cafe in Amble.
Hexhamtv can be found on Facebook and Twitter.
For more details and to book for this free screening click here.
For information and support regarding dementia please visit our dementia page
We are recruiting for an Engagement Officer to join our enthusiastic and effective team.
£23,685.56 (pro rata £13,443.15)
Part time 21 hours a week
Permanent dependent on funding
Closing date midnight Thursday 11 April 2019
Based in Hexham with travel across Northumberland
Healthwatch Northumberland is the independent champion for health and social care across the county. Our aim is to give a voice to people who use those services, influence positive change to services and help meet the health and social care needs of the population.
Health and social care are never far from the news and it’s an area that affects most of us. Joining Healthwatch Northumberland will give you the opportunity to work as part of a skilled and enthusiastic team making the voice of local people heard. It’s a busy time and you can help make a difference.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role and Healthwatch Northumberland, contact Derry Nugent, Project Coordinator: derryn@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk.
Stepping into Spring is a series of roadshows from Ageing Well in Northumberland. These are free events for older people in Northumberland and are a chance to talk to local organisations offering advice and information on staying well and keeping active. Call in for a cup of tea or coffee and have a chat about local events and activities, volunteering opportunities and keeping fit and healthy.
The Roadshows are happening at the following locations:
For more details about individual events please visit our events page
With growing pressure on the NHS – people living longer, more people living with long-term conditions, and lifestyle choices affecting people’s health – changes are needed to make sure everybody gets the support they need.
The government is investing an extra £20 billion a year in the NHS. The NHS has produced a Long Term Plan, setting out all the things it wants health services to do better for people across the country. Now the NHS needs to hear from you about what those changes should look like in your community.
The Long Term Plan sets out what the NHS wants to do better, including making it easier for people to access support closer to home and via technology, doing more to help people stay well, and providing better support for people with cancer, mental health conditions, heart and lung diseases, long-term conditions, such as diabetes and arthritis, learning disabilities and autism, and for people as they get older and experience conditions such as dementia.
We’d like to hear from you so that we can tell the NHS what you think.
You can tell us what you think here.
Your local NHS needs to hear from you about how it can provide better care for people living with conditions such as cancer, mental health conditions heart and lung diseases, diabetes, arthritis, learning disabilities, autism, and dementia.
You can tell us your thoughts here.
Find out more about how Healthwatch is helping people get involved in the NHS Long Term Plan here.
According to Beat Eating Disorders there are an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK with an eating disorder.
Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that anyone can develop, no matter their age, gender or background.
In Northamptonshire, Healthwatch surveyed over 2,000 young people aged 9-24 to find out more about their knowledge and experience of eating disorders.
Through their work, they found that:
Adult Helpline: 0808 801 0677
help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Youthline: 0808 801 0711
Carers Northumberland holds monthly groups for carers across the county. Carers are welcome at any of the groups, at any time and the sessions aim to offer support and information. For more details call Carers Northumberland on: 01670 320025 or email: info@carersnorthumberland.co.uk.
Ponteland: Merton Hall, first Thursday of the month, 10.30am
Ashington: Age UK Northumberland, third Tuesday of the month, 10.30am
Amble: Dry Water Arts Centre, first Tuesday of the month, 10.30am
Felton: Village Hall, first Thursday of the month, 1.30pm
Morpeth: Northumberland County Blind Association, second Wednesday of the month, 10.30am
Bedlington: Salvation Army building, third Wednesday of the month, 1.00pm
Blyth: Buffalo Community Centre, third Thursday of the month, 10.00am
Alnwick: St Paul’s Court, fourth Monday of the month, 1.30pm
Berwick: Community Trust, fourth Wednesday of the month, 11.00am
Hexham: Adapt (NE), fourth Wednesday of the month, 1.30pm
Cramlington: Concordia Leisure Centre, fourth Thursday of the month, 1.00pm
As from Monday 4 March 2019 CAB Northumberland has new opening hours as follows:
Prudhoe face-to-face ‘drop-in’ service:
The Manors, Adderlane Rd, Prudhoe NE42 5ET
Wednesday: 9.30am to 11.30pm
Hexham face-to-face ‘drop-in’ service:
The Community Centre, Gilesgate, Hexham NE46 3NP
Friday: 9.30am to 1.30pm
Debt and energy advice helpline:
Telephone: 01670 339960 Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 4.30pm
Text ‘debt’: 81400 (for a call back)
Adviceline telephone service:
Telephone: 03444 111 444
Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 4.30pm
Universal Credit Help to Claim helpline:
Telephone: 01670 339781
Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 4.30pm
Online information and advice: www.citizensadvicenorthumberland.org.uk