Cancer screening invite was ‘like winning the lottery’
1st April 2023
A Royal Navy veteran from East Yorkshire has described his invite for cancer screening as his ‘winning lottery ticket.’ April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and Gary Terry, from Market Weighton, was only 55 when he received an invitation through the post to take part in bowel scope screening. Gary served in the Royal Navy for eight years Following a whirlwind cancer journey, Gary is now keen to tell his story to prevent other families … Read More
HUTH opens new NHS care facility to free up hospital beds
27th March 2023
Hull is to open its first state-of-the-art care facility as an innovation solution to free up hospital beds for people most in need of care. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) is investing £3.8m in Paragon Intermediate Discharge Suite for patients no longer receiving hospital treatment but still requiring care and support. Each day, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital has a shortage of beds because up to 200 people are waiting on … Read More
Caring for the carers
24th March 2023
Help to balance the demands of work and home life following a loved one’s cancer diagnosis A cancer diagnosis can be a shock to the system, not just for the patient but also for their loved ones. Thoughts can race from treatment and side effects to the impact on family, work, and what else the future could hold. In order to help guide people through such a time of uncertainty, the Macmillan Living With and … Read More
Trust response to CQC Report published today
23rd March 2023
Chris Long, Chief Executive at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “Following its inspection in November 2022 the CQC has published its report into services at our hospitals. The CQC inspected Emergency and Urgent Care, Medicine and Surgery and looked at the ‘well-led’ key question for the Trust. The overall rating for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was Requires Improvement, which is the same as the rating we received in 2020. “We were … Read More
Appeal to help dementia patients receives ‘overwhelming’ response
22nd March 2023
Hospital nurses say they’re “incredibly humbled” after an overwhelming response to an appeal to help their patients. Just eight weeks ago, the Dementia Care Team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust asked local knitters and craft groups to help make twiddlemuffs and fidget bears to give to older people in hospital. The brightly coloured, woollen muffs are often adorned with bows, buttons, bells and zips, which older people can ‘twiddle’ with and keep their … Read More