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Family doctors provide new fast-track service for people with moles

4:56pm Friday 24th May 2013

PEOPLE with moles can have them checked out much quicker thanks to a new pilot available at GP surgeries in the Sedgefield area.

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Ambulance workers to strike over staffing row

4:27pm Friday 24th May 2013

UP to 500 ambulance workers will strike for two days next month, in an escalating row over staffing changes.

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Hague expresses disappointment over Friarage decision

3:56pm Friday 24th May 2013

WILLIAM Hague has spoken of his disappointment over the Health Secretary’s decision not to order an independent review into proposed changes to key services at a general hospital.

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New science network should benefit North-East patients

12:43pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

A NEW academic science network for the North-East has been announced by NHS England.

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Big prize money on offer for dementia care suggestions

12:09pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

HEALTH workers from the North-East are in with a chance to scoop a £150,000 prize as part of a new initiative to reform the way people with dementia are cared for.

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Survey finds a majority of North-East GPs are facing restrictions on new drugs

3:33pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

GPs in the North-East are finding it difficult to prescribe a new type of drug to prevent blood clots because of funding pressures, according to a new survey.

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Mock clinical trial highlights benefits of trying new drugs or treatment

3:08pm Monday 20th May 2013

VISITORS to a North-East hospital were asked to take part in a chocolate-based research project to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day.

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Public consultation over planned hospital changes gets under way

2:23pm Monday 20th May 2013

THE public are being asked for their views on a plan to strip Hartlepool Hospital of critical care and emergency medicine services and centralise them at North Tees Hospital.

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