Hospitals prepare for industrial action
22nd July 2025
Resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) across the Humber region will begin their latest round of industrial action this week as part of their long-running pay dispute with the Government. Members of the BMA will take industrial action in the form of a full walkout for five days – from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July. Staff at Castle Hill, Hull, Grimsby, Goole and Scunthorpe hospitals have put plans … Read More
Acting Chief Executive appointed
16th July 2025
The Humber Health Partnership is pleased to welcome Lyn Simpson as its new Acting Chief Executive from 28 July 2025. Lyn joins the partnership – which includes Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust – on an interim basis from North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, where she serves as Chief Executive. Amanda Stanford, the current Acting Chief Executive, will return to her substantive post as Group … Read More
Practice Development Nurses shortlisted for national award
16th July 2025
Our Practice Development Nurses have been shortlisted for a national award for their work supporting our international staff. Patricia McKenna and Michael Sanni, who both work for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, are in the running for a HSJ Patient Safety Award. The entry is titled ‘Psychological Safety for Internationally Educated Colleagues or The wellbeing of International Nurses’, in the Staff Wellbeing Initiative of the Year category. It recognises the work Patricia, Michael, … Read More
Love in the first degree
15th July 2025
Hospital patient too ill to attend her graduation ceremony has the graduation ceremony brought to her A young woman from Hull who was diagnosed with cancer just weeks after completing her degree has received a special graduation ceremony in hospital. Lilli Hales, 20, had already bought her graduation dress and was looking forward to officially marking the end of her studies at the University of Hull with family and friends. Things were looking good … Read More
Protect your baby from whooping cough
15th July 2025
Unborn babies are being put at risk of pneumonia, brain damage and even death in East Yorkshire because of a rise in cases of whooping cough. Public health midwife Joanna Melia said rates of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, continue to rise, risking serious illness in babies during the first few weeks of their lives. While vaccination rates in pregnancy in Humber and North Yorkshire were the best in England last year – 83.1pc … Read More