Industrial action by Ambulance Services, week commencing 6 February 2023
2nd February 2023
Ambulance service workers will be taking part in industrial action on Monday 6 February and Friday 10 February 2023. As has been the case during previous periods of strike action, ambulance workers will continue to prioritise and respond to the most urgent, life threatening calls. Our hospitals will be preparing by putting extra support into the Emergency Department to ensure prompt ambulance handovers on strike days, and discharging as many patients as possible who are … Read More
Microplastics discovered in operating theatres for the first time
27th January 2023
High levels of microplastics have been found in surgical environments in a landmark study. A team at the University of Hull analysed microplastic levels in both the operating theatre and anaesthetic room, in cardiothoracic surgeries. The study is the latest in a series of ground-breaking microplastics research from the University of Hull, Hull York Medical School and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Researchers discovered an average of 5,000 microplastics per metre squared when the … Read More
Hull ‘first’ as hospitals launch innovative digital platform for schools
26th January 2023
Hull’s hospitals has achieved a UK first by launching a major educational project for schools and academies to create its own workforce for the future. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) is unveiling Med Shed – its online and immersive digital programme to introduce young people aged 11 to 16 to around 350 potential careers. Med Shed showcases NHS careers throughout the Humber and North Yorkshire region, including engineering, catering, painting and decorating and … Read More
Hull to host prestigious headache and migraine conference
25th January 2023
Global experts in headache and migraine are heading to Hull this week to discuss pioneering treatments and advances in clinical care. The UK’s biggest meeting on headache is being organised by the neurology team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust in conjunction with The Migraine Trust, The British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH), the International Headache Society (IHS), and Spire Hospital, Hull and East Riding. Professor Fayyaz Ahmed More than 300 delegates from … Read More
Hospital call to support patients with dementia
24th January 2023
Appeal to knitters as supplies of twiddlemuffs start to dwindle A senior nurse is appealing to local knitters, craft and community groups to support hospital patients living with dementia. For a number of years, hospital staff have been giving out knitted twiddlemuffs to patients with dementia to help ease anxiety while spending time in hospital. These brightly coloured items consist of a simple knitted tube which can be worn over the hands, but which are … Read More