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We provide services in the hospital, the community and at people's homes. The sites we operate from are Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon Urgent Treatment Centre and Bensham Hospital. You can find out more about our sites here.

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Breast Sentinel Lymph Node Injection

Why am I being referred for this injection? A sentinel lymph node injection is given to patients who are undergoing breast surgery which includes a sentinel lymph node biopsy. The sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node on the lymphatic drainage system. This injection helps the surgeon locate where your sentinel lymph node is, […]

Topic: Radiology

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Lung Scan (V/Q scan) Radiology Department Medical Physics

A lung scan gives us a set of pictures which shows the air supply and the blood supply to your lungs.

Topic: Radiology

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Equality, diversity and inclusion action plan 2020 to 2024

This action plan spans four years from 2020 to 2024 and covers the actions that the trust will undertake aligned to: Within the action plan is also a summary for each year of the progress made against the strategy.

Topic: Equality diversity and inclusion

Type: Report

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff
Board agenda and papers November 2022

Agenda and papers for the QE Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 30th November 2022.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Equality, diversity and inclusion annual report

All NHS Trusts are required to follow the Legislative Framework underpinned by the Equality Act 2010, Human Rights – the Mental Health Act Code of Practice, the Equality Delivery System (EDS2), the Workforce Race Equality Standards (WRES), the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), Gender Pay Gap (GPG), and the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). The Equality […]
Publication of spend over £25,000

To improve transparency of how public funds are used, central government and public sector organisations are required to publish all expenditure over £25,000.

Type: Corporate Information

Audience: GPs and professionals, Patients and visitors, Staff
Gateshead Specialist Memory Hub based at Bensham Hospital

We aim to provide individualised care and support to patients diagnosed with a dementia and their carers, improve the overall standard of Dementia care and raise awareness of dementia.

Topic: Elderly Services, Mental health

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Council of Governors’ Meeting

A meeting of the Council of Governors was be held at 10.00am on Wednesday 16th November 2022.

Type: Governor papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Public Sector Apprenticeship Target Return

Public Sector Apprenticeship Target Return from April 2020 - March 2021 and April 2021 - March 2022.

Topic: Apprenticeships

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Information for patients Metacarpal Phalangeal (MCP) Joint Replacement

What is an MCP joint replacement? The metacarpal phalangeal (MCP) joints are the knuckle joints of your hand. Due to conditions like rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis, using your hand can become difficult due to pain, reduced range of movement and deformity of the fingers. The surgical procedure involves replacing the arthritic MCP joint with something […]

Topic: Physiotherapy

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors

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