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Latissimus Dorsi Flap Reconstruction (back flap)

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 to understand the operation and the after care that will be necessary to achieve the best possible results. What does this involve? This type […]

Topic: Breast Screening

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
Secondary Breast Cancer

What is secondary breast cancer? Sometimes cancer cells can travel from the original tumour in the breast and spread to other parts of the body through the blood or lymph system. The organs that breast cancer usually spreads to are bone, liver or lungs. When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it […]

Topic: Breast Screening

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
CT guided biopsy

This information leaflet has been produced to give you general information, and hopes to answer most of your questions when requiring a CT Guided Biopsy. It is not intended to replace the discussion between you and your healthcare team, but may act as a starting point for discussion. If after reading it you have concerns […]

Topic: Radiology

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
Council of Governors Agenda and Papers – November 2024

The agenda and papers for the Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust Council of Governors meeting on Wednesday 20 November 2024 can be downloaded below

Type: Governor papers

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff
Patient Safety

The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) promotes a flexible, learning-based approach to patient safety incidents rather than relying solely on investigations. Our Trust is committed to responding in ways that drive continuous learning and meaningful improvements tailored to our context and the needs of our population. Our plan will evolve as new insights emerge, […]

Topic: Patient Safety

Type: Report

Audience: Patients and visitors
Council of Governors’ Annual Report 2023/24

This annual report describes the main activities undertaken by the Council of Governors over the past year on behalf of their members who elected them or the partner organisations who appointed them. It demonstrates how the Governors have fulfilled their general or statutory duties.
Annual General Meeting 2024

Our Annual General Meeting and Annual Members' Meeting was held on Wednesday 25 September 2024

Type: Annual reports

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff