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Breastfeeding Guidance for Medical Physics Investigations

This information leaflet is to help you prepare before and after your medical physics procedure if you are breastfeeding. Background Medical physics investigations involve the administration of a radioactive tracer (radiopharmaceutical). Depending on the test you are coming for this may be given to you as an injection, swallowed or breathed in as a gas. […]

Topic: Radiology

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Breast Sentinel Lymph Node Injection

Why am I being referred for this injection? A sentinel lymph node injection is given to patients who are undergoing breast surgery which includes a sentinel lymph node biopsy. The sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node on the lymphatic drainage system. This injection helps the surgeon locate where your sentinel lymph node is, […]

Topic: Radiology

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Lung Scan (V/Q scan)

A lung scan gives us a set of pictures which shows the air supply and the blood supply to your lungs.

Topic: Radiology

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Equality, diversity and inclusion action plan 2020 to 2024

This action plan spans four years from 2020 to 2024 and covers the actions that the trust will undertake aligned to: Within the action plan is also a summary for each year of the progress made against the strategy.

Topic: Equality diversity and inclusion

Type: Report

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff
Board agenda and papers November 2022

Agenda and papers for the QE Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust board of directors meeting on Wednesday 30th November 2022.

Type: Board papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Equality, diversity and inclusion annual report

All NHS Trusts are required to follow the Legislative Framework underpinned by the Equality Act 2010, Human Rights – the Mental Health Act Code of Practice, the Equality Delivery System (EDS2), the Workforce Race Equality Standards (WRES), the Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES), Gender Pay Gap (GPG), and the Accessible Information Standard (AIS). The Equality […]
Gateshead Specialist Memory Hub based at Bensham Hospital

We aim to provide individualised care and support to patients diagnosed with a dementia and their carers, improve the overall standard of Dementia care and raise awareness of dementia.

Topic: Elderly Services, Mental health

Type: Patient information leaflets

Audience: Patients and visitors
Council of Governors’ Meeting

A meeting of the Council of Governors was be held at 10.00am on Wednesday 16th November 2022.

Type: Governor papers

Audience: Patients and visitors
Bensham Hospital Older Adult Psychology Department Referral Criteria

Bensham Hospital Older Adult Psychology Department Referral Criteria

Type: Referral forms

Audience: Patients and visitors
Annual General Meeting 2022

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Members’ Meeting was held on Wednesday 28th September 2022.

Type: Annual reports, Quality accounts

Audience: Patients and visitors, Staff