Health Secretary Sajid Javid continued what he has called a "Road to Recovery" tour by visiting the Newcastle offices of the NHS Business Services Authority.
Mr Javid spoke with executives at the NHS body - which provides support services to healthcare organisations around the country about projects it is working on.
The Government minister then continued his whistle-stop tour of the country by visiting Billingham in Teesside - where he called on tennis player Novak Djokovic to revisit his refusal to get a Covid-19 vaccine.