TEES and North Yorkshire NHS Trust has been named Regional Employer of the Year.

The trust, based in Middlesbrough, won the DTI sponsored award for a large organisation with more than 250 employees and the overall accolade for North-East Employer of the Year.

Trust chief executive Moira Britton said: "We are delighted with this award. At a time when the whole NHS is struggling to recruit nursing staff, we have to do all we can to retain our staff if we are to provide the best quality care possible for our patients."