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Tens of thousands of sick notes were given to patients by GPs in Northumberland in 2022, new figures show.

Tens of thousands of GP sick notes given out in 2022

One in 20 living with 'poor health'

One in 20 Northumberland people 'in poor health'

New research has revealed the times when people face the longest waits at local A&E departments.

Best and worst times to visit A&E revealed

Adult social care bills rise.

Northumberland's £175m social care bill

NHS guidance states that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency departments should be admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust misses May A&E treatment target

Death rate rises

Hundreds more deaths in Northumberland

Northumbria Healthcare Trust's Specialist Emergency Care Hospital at Cramlington

How coronavirus hit Northumberland hospital appointments

Excess death figures

Over 60 'excess deaths' recorded in Northumberland

Death rates falling

Northumberland death rate drop welcomed

The NHS is already short of over £1bn of funding ahead of winter