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Please be aware that the Hoverjack is currently unavailable for use in wards and departments at South Tyneside District Hospital. The Hoverjack is usually held in the Medical Equipment library at STDH and is used to lift patients who have fallen on the floor back onto beds or trolleys. We will provide updates as soon as we receive them.

On 30th June in celebration of Pride month, NHS Business Service Authority will be hosting a truly inspirational speaker who will be talking about her journey and experience of coming out to the army and her family and friends as Transgender in 2004. Please click "read more" for more details and instructions of how to join the event via Teams.

An article by staff from Gateshead Talking Therapies has been published in a national journal 'CBT Today' which is aimed at all psychotherapists working in the UK. The article concerned how the work of the Mental Health Workstream's Wellbeing Strategy Group adapted to the needs of our Psychological Therapists during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ways of working continue to be taken forward by Gateshead Talking Therapies and the South Tyneside Lifecycle services.