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Bladder Training

What is overactive bladder? If you feel an urgent need to pass urine and have to go more often your bladder may be irritable or overactive. This makes it difficult to get to the toilet on time and you could have leakage before you get there. Normally the muscle lining the bladder stays relaxed so […]

Topic: Bladder and Bowel

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast Screening and Assessment Unit

You have been given an appointment to attend an Assessment Clinic in the Breast Screening Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead. This is the second stage of the breast screening process. Your screening mammograms have shown some changes in your breast which need to be investigated further. The majority of changes are benign and present […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast reconstruction (Tissue expansion)

This information sheet explains the implications of breast reconstruction surgery and should be read in addition to the Breast Cancer Care booklet ‘Breast Reconstruction’. This information is intended to help you understand the operation and the aftercare that will be necessary to achieve the best possible result. What is tissue expansion breast reconstruction? This is […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Board Agenda and Papers – November 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 27 November 2024 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Board Agenda and Papers – September 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Tuesday 24 September 2024 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Board Agenda and Papers – July 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 31 July 2024 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Board Agenda and Papers – June 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 5 June 2024 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Board Agenda and Papers – March 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 27 March 2024 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff
Board Agenda and Papers January 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 31 January 2024 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Board Agenda and Papers November 2023

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 29 November 2023 can be downloaded below.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff