As we look to move past Covid-19 and the NHS works to recover the backlogs that see millions waiting for treatment, hospital trusts in the North East are working hard to build and revamp facilities to help.
From a new children's heart unit building at the RVI, to plans for a £36m eye hospital in Sunderland, it's not hard to find exciting plans which will transform the NHS across the North East. Even as the pandemic has continued, the powers-that-be within the health service have been working hard to expand capacity and make things easier for patients and staff.
For example, the Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre opened on the site of the old general hospital, while in Gateshead new older people's mental health wards opened to revolutionise how vulnerable people are looked after. Hopefully, if Covid-19 cases fall and - in some cases - the right funding is secured, this will be a sign of things to come.
