VICTORIA ROAD was once a well-to-do sort of a place, with terraces of large late Victorian townhouses and even the odd villa. Now, the dual carriageways blast through, taking traffic around Darlington town centre, and its south side has been torn down and replaced by a Sainsbury’s supermarket. The supermarket is on the site of an 1825 mansion, Beechwood, which had splendid gardens and was lived in by various members of the leading Quaker families. Parcels of land on its fringes were sold off towards the end of the 19th Century, and the comfortable properties of Victoria Road began to take shape.
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A dozen soldiers have been used at KGH, nine at NGH
Across both hospitals 386 staff members (3.7 per cent) of staff have been absent due to illness or isolating due to Covid-19.
Ms Doyle said that the members of the army had been supporting the existing staff by handing out refreshments and boosting morale.
She said: We were both offered additional support. With 3.7 per cent of our staff being off with Covid or Covid-like symptoms - many of those are health care workers and admin assistants. The military personnel we ve got are non-clinical and we deployed them out after induction and infection control training to go out on to the ward areas.