With so many valued care homes, hospice and hospitals, dedicated nursing staff have regularly appeared in the paper.
Scroll on to see how many you recognise or may remember.
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5. Next generation of nurses
Student Nurse Lauren Williams pictured in 2013 rearranging the furniture in a dolls house donated by Diploma Level 2 Course Students at Hartlepool College of Further Education. Photo: Frank Reid Photographer 2013
6. A trio of nurses
Three young nurses at Hartlepool General Hospital pose for a picture back in 1987. Do you know who they are? Photo: Mark Payne
7. Award presentation
Sue Sinclair of Craigarran Nursing Home in Trimdon being presented with a certificate for Carer of the Year by Robin Hardy of Hartlepool's Co-operative Funeralcare in 2010. Photo: Mail
8. Cash boost
In 2010 Dorothy Caffey presented University Hospital of Hartlepool chemotherapy nurse Rosie Livingston-Leak with a cheque for £200. Also pictured was fellow nursing and care staff Joanne Thompson, Pamela Hauxwell, Julie Saint and Karen Bird. Photo: FRANK REID