Trust welcomes new Board member
24th June 2024
A new Non-Executive Director (NED) has been appointed to the board of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). Helen Wright joins the Board working alongside the Chairman, Chief Executive, Executive Directors and Trust Secretary. As HUTH is now part of a Group with Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Helen will sit on the Trust Boards in Common Meeting for NHS Humber Health Partnership. NEDs are responsible for ensuring the Trust Board acts … Read More
Preparations underway for Summer strike action
20th June 2024
Junior doctors across the Humber region will begin their latest round of industrial action next 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 Thursday 27 June until 6.59am on Tuesday 2 July. Staff at Castle Hill, Hull, Grimsby, Goole and Scunthorpe hospitals have put plans in place to prepare for … Read More
Domestic abuse information boards at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital
13th June 2024
Information boards have been placed in Hull Women and Children’s Hospital in time for the start of Euro 2024 to support people experiencing domestic abuse. Researchers at Warwick Business School discovered abuse and violence by partners increase by 47 per cent on days when the men’s England side win a World Cup or European Championship match. Clinical support worker Tracey Walker Now, Clinical Support Worker Tracey Walker has updated information boards in the Gynaecology Outpatients … Read More
Physios become first to give ultrasounds by patient bedsides
12th June 2024
Patients with major injuries and illnesses, including brain injuries and serious heart conditions, can now be given lung ultrasounds without leaving their hospital beds. Physiotherapists Emily Cockshutt and Aaron Hales have become the first at Hull University Teaching Hospitals, part of NHS Humber Health Partnership, to qualify in a new technique to perform lung ultrasounds by patients’ bedsides, helping people with serious breathing problems. Physio Emily Cockshutt The technique, endorsed by the Intensive Care Society, … Read More
Volunteers Week: 650 reasons to say thank you
4th June 2024
They come in every age, shape, and size, and from many different backgrounds. Some aim to develop their skills, while some come to share their talents. Some seek friendship, while others simply want to give back to their community. What unites all of the 650 volunteers working across NHS Humber Health Partnership’s five different hospitals* is the desire to help others. This week, 3 to 9 June, is Volunteers Week and there can be no … Read More