App helps women in Hull, Grimsby, Goole and Scunthorpe
17th June 2025
Women experiencing pelvic health problems during and after pregnancy are being invited to register for a free app to help improve their symptoms. One in three women experience urinary incontinence three months after pregnancy and one in 12 report symptoms of pelvic prolapse after giving birth. Now, Laura Caldicott, the first Pelvic Health Midwife to be appointed by NHS Humber Health Partnership to help many of the 8,700 women who give birth every year in … Read More
Team of nurses’ key to helping vulnerable people access vital healthcare
16th June 2025
A drive round a hospital car park, a sing song, or even decorating a treatment room as a theme from a film is all in a day’s work for a small team of nurses. As part of this year’s Learning Disability Week, which starts today (Monday 16 June), we are shining the spotlight on our Vulnerabilities Team which works across our hospitals in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole, and our Enhanced Care Team at Hull Royal … Read More
#smearnotfear team urges ‘Please attend your appointment’
16th June 2025
Put your health before embarrassment or fear and attend your smear test appointment, a hospital team says. Cervical cancer screening rates in our area are higher than the national average, thanks to Hull’s #smearnotfear team from Hull Women and Children’s Hospital. Around 72pc of women, trans men and non-binary people in the 25 to 49 age group and almost 77pc aged between 50 to 64 attended their smear test appointments last year compared to 67.5pc … Read More
Kilimanjaro climb for rare cancer survivor
13th June 2025
A young man from South Cave is going to great lengths to give back to Castle Hill Hospital after a rollercoaster cancer journey. In the autumn of 2022, Freddie Cole was diagnosed with Stage 4 Burkitts lymphoma, a rare cancer of both the bone marrow and the lymph system which affects just 210 people in the UK each year. Freddie was treated on Ward 33, the Teenage and Young Adult Unit at the Queen’s Centre, … Read More
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