Matt Watson

The Digital Services Team from Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) has officially joined NTW Solutions.   The company was established in 2017 with a core mission of supporting better care and provides a range of important support services to CNTW and other partners in the NHS and beyond.   Digital Services are a […]

There’s nothing like a good breakfast to set you up for the day and our cafés have got you covered. From a hearty full English to lighter options like granola and porridge pots, there’s something for everyone, including your morning coffee.   If you’re in the mood for a proper breakfast, why not go for our […]

Every week we bring the taste of the seaside to our cafés with our Fish and Chip Fridays. This includes our classic fish and chips as well as everything you’d expect like mushy peas and curry sauce. Whatever the British weather holds the sun is always shining in our cafés on a Friday.    Menus in […]

Each of our eight cafés make sandwiches fresh each day with a wide range of options on offer. Some cafés make sandwiches fresh to order while you wait and some make sandwiches each morning and you can find them in the fridge.   Cafés with a deli bar make sandwiches fresh to order and you can […]

NTW Solutions has again worked with the NHS Forest to plant 300 more trees on our main hospital sites for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW). This is part of our commitment to creating a healthier and more sustainable environment and follows extensive tree planting in previous years. Last year we planted […]

Tracey Sopp, Managing Director of NTW Solutions visited the central switchboard based at St Nicholas hospital in Gosforth and she saw how this busy team handles not just a huge call volume but carries out a range of other tasks. They handle all incoming external calls and those from across our sites when local receptions […]

We have our very own self-confessed hoarder in our Medical Devices Team. John Riddle, our Clinical Technologist, admits to rarely ever throwing anything away and absolutely hating waste. Whenever he is in the estates department waste compound, he says that all he sees is opportunities!   There are many medical devices where the manufacturer does not […]

  Our Procurement Team provide an end-to-end service which can see them involved in tendering a contract through to the item appearing on a shelf in a cupboard. Matthew Lessells, our Director of Estates, joined our the team to see what it takes behind the scenes to ensure that a large and complex NHS organisation […]

Two talented members of our team have released a Christmas song named after the hospital they work in. Peter Prest and Paul Hewitson, also known as The MopHeads, have written ‘St Nicholas (A Joy for Christmas)’ to raise money for the SHINE Fund, a charitable fund which supports service users at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and […]

Most people walking around Saint Nicholas Hospital will have absolutely no idea that beneath their feet there are a series of underground corridors linking all the main buildings together. These corridors were constructed as part of the original building and house key services, such as cables and pipes. Tracey Sopp, our Managing Director, joined the […]