A HEALTH trust's urgent care service has won an award as part of the NHS 70 birthday celebrations.
The service has been recognised with the Regional Excellence in Urgent and Emergency Care Award in the NHS70 Parliamentary Awards.
The service was nominated by Tees Valley MPs Alex Cunningham, Mike Hill and Paul Williams.
It opened in April last year with centres at both the University Hospital of North Tees and the University Hospital of Hartlepool.
It is available to patients 24 hours a day and brings together GP out-of-hour’s service and minor injuries.
Julie Gillon, interim chief executive, said: “We are extremely proud of the high quality care we provide as part of our integrated urgent care service.
“Over the last year we have consistently been one of the top performing health trusts in the country for emergency care.
"This is in no small part down to the success of our urgent care service - patients are being cared for in the right place at the right time."
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