Tyne Tees Health

Hexham General Hospital has announced it is closing its Urgent Care Centre overnight for at least the next four weeks.

A new study by Northumbria University has recommended a wide range of changes to improve care and support for limbless veterans.

There is an urgent need for people with the valuable O negative group to donate at Newcastle donor centre in the next few days.

Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald whose son died after suffering an epileptic seizure has said he wonders if cannabis oil could have saved him.

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Many experts say children are victims of a junk food environment. So what should be in the government's upcoming childhood obesity strategy?

Dr Paul Williams has called for firm and wide-ranging action to tackle childhood obesity in an upcoming government strategy.

The Royal College of General Practitioners has warned that, in some parts of the North East, there is a worrying shortage of GPs.

Helen Ford and guests discuss minimum alcohol pricing - and the challenge of raising standards in northern schools.

The money would be paid to young people at a time when they need it most, whether to buy a home, spend on education or set up a business.

37-year-old Carrie Beckwith-Fellows has only four months to raise £100,000 after her condition deteriorated.