Meet Karen Stewart, Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator at our Maternity unit here at QE Gateshead. Karen explains the importance of planning, communicating and how she deals with high risk pregnancies.
Meet Lucy McQueen, an older person’s mental health nurse on our Sunniside unit at QE Gateshead. She explains her job role within Mental Health and the difference she’s made to patients as we celebrate the Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
As National Apprentice Week draws to a close, we look at the success from one our previous Business Administration Apprentices who started with the Trust back in September 2015.
Victoria Pye, Ward Manager in Trauma and Orthopaedics explains the challenges and rewards and highlights as a nurse on the ward. In 2019 Ward 14a were rated in the 3 best performing units in the country in relation to hip fracture care.
Meet Kayleigh Atkinson, a recently qualified A&E nurse. She explains how she settled into her new career with the help of last year’s welcome event and what advice she would give to newly qualified nurses joining us in March.
Amyleigh Jones is the service coordinator for the British Red Cross' Home from Hospital service in Gateshead.The British Red Cross provides short-term support, by getting people home and helping them to get back on their feet after a stay in hospital.
This week we chat with district nurse Phoebe Fiddler and community nurse Karen McCoy to learn more about their roles in the Gateshead East locality team.
