A student nurse has highlighted that despite the bed pressures currently faced in hospitals across the North East “good care is being provided within the time constraints.” Rhys Mood is in his final stage of training and works in the North East. He has been on a variety of placement […]
The fourth annual #TimeToTalk awareness day has been held in order to raise mental health awareness, gaining big support by many in the North East. The campaign, run by the charity Time to Change, aimed to encourage people to talk about mental health in order to end the stigma surrounding […]
A Gateshead woman who says her life is ruined by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), also known as the ‘winter blues’, has spoken out about the effects of the surprisingly common mental health issue. Samantha McLaren, a 20-year-old University of Sunderland student, says she can’t stand the onset of winter as […]
‘No one should have no one at Christmas’ is Age UK’s Christmas campaign as the festive date is just around the corner. Christmas should be a happy time of year for everyone, but for some elderly people, it is a reminder that they are alone. A third of older people […]
Christmas, a time to eat, drink and be merry but for many young people in the North East, the holidays will be spent consuming dangerous amounts of alcohol. The festive season is often the busiest time for pubs and clubs around the country with Christmas parties, fancy cocktails and excessive […]
The number of newly diagnosed patients with prostate cancer is rising within the North East. Thousands of men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in England and in the North East, this number has increased consecutively for the past five years. In 2010, nearly 1500 men were diagnosed with […]
Sunderland City Council’s Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) Independent chair,Jane Held, has said she does not think “anyone in the city is doing enough” to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child sexual abuse (CSA). It came as Ms Held opened the NSPCC’s Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Conference on November 22 at Sunderland College’s Bede Campus. Ms […]
Young men each year grow moustaches to raise awareness and money for men’s health programmes through the Movember foundation. Through online campaigning, social media and hashtags these men can help fundraise for important causes that affect many men, whilst simultaneously trying out whether facial hair suits them.
SR News’ Sophie Dishman speaks to Kieron Brady on Alcohol Awareness Week which runs from November 14 to November 20. “I’ll be an alcoholic to the day I die,” says Kieron Brady as he sits in a blank white room at the University of Sunderland, a place where he once volunteered […]