Attend your appointments to keep diabetes in check
9th June 2025
A hospital consultant is urging people with diabetes to attend their check-ups and appointments to prevent the risk of developing serious illness. Dr Belinda Allan, Consultant in General Medicine and Endocrinology at NHS Humber Health Partnership, said check ups are the best way to manage this serious, complicated condition. At the start of Diabetes Awareness Week, Dr Allan said: “There are many complications linked to diabetes including problems with your eyes or feet, heart attacks, … Read More
Honorary contract awarded to P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery
3rd June 2025
Local charity P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery has recently been awarded an honorary contract with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), working as part of NHS Humber Health Partnership*. This contract allows Paul Spence and P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery Service Delivery Manager Nathalie Martin, to serve as charity advisors on the Neurosurgery and Neuro Trauma wards (Wards 4 and 40) at Hull Royal Infirmary (HRI), as well as on the Complex Rehabilitation Ward at Castle … Read More
Pets, pianos and potting plants
2nd June 2025
Time to celebrate the changing face of hospital volunteering this Volunteers Week Wendy plays piano at the Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital Think of hospitals, and most people think doctors and nurses, and yet for many people entering a hospital, one of the first people you’re likely to bump into is a volunteer. Hospitals across the Humber are full of them, more than 650 in fact, working across Goole, Hull, Grimsby, Castle Hill and Scunthorpe, … Read More
How we’re helping to support bereavement
29th May 2025
We’re helping support young people and staff who are dealing with bereavement. A new animated video for bereaved children, which was launched at a recent event, has been created as part of an Ideas Fund project with local charity Fitmums & Friends. It draws directly on children’s lived experiences to help others better understand and support other young people who are grieving, and aims to improve their mental wellbeing. Alex Wray, End of Life Matron, … Read More
Relaxation to aid recovery
28th May 2025
VR technology transports cancer patients to the Northern Lights, mountain tops and beyond A special virtual reality (VR) taster session is to be held next month for patients with cancer and their loved ones. The Cancer Psychological Team, based at the Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, has introduced VR after being awarded a cancer innovation grant from the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance last year. Funding to the tune of £1,600 was awarded to … Read More