Early surge in interest for family wellbeing study
4th March 2024
Hull’s BaBi research project is over a quarter of the way to its annual recruitment target within just 4 weeks Families in Hull are committing to make the city a happier, healthier place by taking part in a new study. Sarah Collins (left) and Eloise Taylor from the BaBi Hull and East Yorkshire study team Over 100 families have already signed up to take part in the Born and Bred in (BaBi) Hull and East … Read More
Positive screening uptake among Withernsea residents
29th February 2024
Health professionals are praising Withernsea residents for their support following disruption to breast screening services in the town. Late last year, Humberside Breast Screening Service’s mobile unit was subject to vandalism and cable theft while stationed in Withernsea. To ensure patients were able to be screened on time and to minimise further disruption to the service, staff set about contacting hundreds of people to invite them for screening at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham instead. … Read More
National award for hospital porters
22nd February 2024
It is all joy for hospital porters at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital as they’ve been awarded Portering Team of the year at the National MyPorter Awards held in London. The hospitals are part of a Group of hospitals including Goole, Grimsby and Scunthorpe, employing 17,000 staff and caring for over 1,000,000 patients every year. Getting people and resources to their destination in an organisation of that size is no mean task, but … Read More
Strike action to affect local hospitals
16th February 2024
Junior doctors across the Humber region will begin their tenth round of industrial action shortly 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 from 7am on Saturday 24 February through to 11.59pm on Wednesday 28 February. This will be mirrored by members of the HCSA union, but their action will be slightly longer, ending on the Thursday at … Read More
National Director for Health Inequalities returns to Hull
15th February 2024
It was a trip down Memory Lane for a very special visitor to Hull Royal Infirmary today. Professor Bola Owolabi, a practising GP and NHS England’s National Director for Health Inequalities, made a welcome return to the hospital where she worked as a junior house officer years ago. But recalling her days on the gastro ward weren’t the main reason for her return to Hull; she had come to visit the Homeless Health Team which … Read More