Hospital staff are using the power of animation to better support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. Working with animation company, Get Animated Medical, paediatric staff at Hull Royal Infirmary and their colleagues in neurophysiology have created a video to explain what’s involved in an Electroencephalogram, or EEG for short. This test is frequently carried … Read More
Be your friend’s “breast pal”, says Humberside Breast Screening Service
Humberside Breast Screening Service is appealing to women to be their friend’s ‘best pal’ by encouraging them to keep breast screening appointments. Around 1,300 lives are saved every year because those women take up the invitation to attend breast screening appointments. Lesley Peacock, Programme Manager for Humberside Breast Screening Service, said: “The women with poorer outcomes are those women who … Read More
“It’s a privilege to able to look after people on their final journey”
Months spent as a young volunteer helped Mortuary Support Worker, Emma, land her dream role – before she’d even finished her degree Hospital scrubs weren’t quite the career uniform that 24-year-old Emma Hooker originally had in mind. Starting her BSc (Hons) Forensic Sciences degree in 2022, she had her sights set on the joining the police to specialise in crime … Read More
Castle Hill triage service expanded to help patients in North Lincolnshire
Patients with oncology or haematology conditions in Northern Lincolnshire are to benefit from a new emergency service aiming to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions. NHS Humber Health Partnership is expanding its triage service at the Queen’s Centre Acute Assessment Unit (QCAAU) for patients experiencing acute problems relating to their oncology or haematology conditions. The service, currently helping patients in Hull and … Read More
Portering team goes electric with innovative eCargo bike
A new carbon-saving electric bike is being trialled by the porter team at Castle Hill Hospital thanks to a partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council. NHS Humber Health Partnership is continuing its award-winning collaboration with the council’s sustainable transport team at the Castle Hill site in Cottingham. The latest joint project is the introduction of an electric-powered quadracycle eCargo … Read More
A holistic approach to health and recovery
Water-based wellbeing programme also helps to improve patient flow The benefits of water-based therapy have been well known for centuries to the Greeks, the Romans, and later the Ottomans, but you don’t have to step back in time to discover just how helpful this can be. The rehabilitation medicine team at Castle Hill Hospital has been working with East Riding … Read More
‘Don’t suffer in silence,” says hospital specialist nurse
Thousands of women in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire could be suffering in silence with incontinence or bladder weakness, a hospital nurse specialist says. Laura Rimmer, a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Urogynaecology at Humber Health Partnership, says more than six in 10 women will experience some form of incontinence during their lives. However, despite its prevalence, many will not seek … Read More
Overcome your “poo” embarrassment, says bowel screening team
A hospital screening service is appealing to people in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire to overcome their embarrassment so they can be checked for bowel cancer. Everyone aged 50 to 74 is eligible for bowel screening every two years. However, although bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK, figure show only 69 per cent of people … Read More
Patients with endometriosis to benefit from national accolade
Patients across the region with endometriosis are benefiting from a specialist service which has been recognised nationally. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – part of the NHS Humber Health Partnership group – have yet again had their endometriosis centres accredited by the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE). This … Read More
Training Hull radiographers with enhanced life-saving skills
Hull radiographers are pioneering patient safety with specialised training to save patients experiencing life-threatening reactions during scans. CT Specialty Manager Andrew Stephens supports training for radiographers in community-based and mobile CT scanners in Hull, York, Grimsby, Selby, and Beverley, enabling them to respond to emergencies without support from doctors. Other hospital trusts are now following the Humber and North Yorkshire … Read More