Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

A woman who has raised almost £175,000 for a hospital ward in memory of her daughter has visited Hull Royal Infirmary with her latest donation to help patients with brain tumours. Ruth and Tony Knowles launched their fundraising campaign to support the Neurosurgical Department at Hull Royal Infirmary in 1998 after the death of their 22-year-old daughter Emma-Jayne. The couple, … Read More

Fraud against the NHS will not be tolerated – this is the message coming from our local fraud-busters. Fraud Awareness Month takes place this November and it coincides with International Fraud Awareness Week, running from 17 to 23 November. We’re committed to making sure vital NHS funds are not lost to fraud and we’re reinforcing this message throughout November by … Read More

According to nationally published data, there are as many as 441* miscarriages, stillbirths and neonatal deaths each day in the UK.  Each loss is devastating, which is why the work of Hull Hospital’s Early Pregnancy Unit and Maternity Bereavement Team, who offer support to families experiencing miscarriage, medical complications, still birth and neonatal death, is so important. WISHH, the official … Read More

A hospital team caring for the older patients is urging everyone aged 75 to 79 to be vaccinated against a potentially life-threatening virus. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) accounts for thousands of hospital admissions and hundreds of deaths every year, with older people are more at risk of serious complications. More than a quarter of the 44 cases of RSV admitted … Read More

Brunch club, balance class and a game of cards before lunch. You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d checked into a swanky hotel, but this is actually Hull Royal Infirmary. In July 2024 the 13th floor – now informally dubbed ‘the Penthouse’ – was transformed into a reablement unit to support patients waiting to leave hospital. In the face of ongoing … Read More

A wellbeing study which launched just eight months ago has averaged almost five sign-ups every day since it launched. Born and Bred in (BaBi) Hull and East Yorkshire, which seeks to use data held about local people to shape health services and highlight societal changes which could improve long-term health outcomes, has attracted 1,204 adult and child participants since February … Read More

Patients living in West Hull and West Hull villages can now book a new minibus service to take them to appointments at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. The Haltemprice and West Hull Medibus can help people living in any Hull address to the west of Ferensway and Beverley Road (A1079) as well as Anlaby, Cottingham, Hessle, Kirk Ella … Read More

Trust running Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital to hold its AGM Day surgery expansion, a decade of apprenticeships and the impact of industrial action will be among the topics for discussion when Hull’s hospitals leaders meet next week. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 9am on Wednesday 16 October 2024. … Read More

Our group directors will come together on Thursday 10 October for a meeting of our Trust Boards-in-Common. The meeting will start at 9am and will be held in the Boardroom at Hull Royal Infirmary. This is a formal meeting with a set agenda. Members of the public are welcome. Please email sarahmeggitt@nhs.net before noon on Wednesday 9 October if you wish to attend.

A sustainability project designed to upskill community groups and create new homes for nature is taking flight. NHS Humber Health Partnership, which runs hospitals including Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, has teamed up with two community groups to turn leftover wooden pallets into bird boxes, bat boxes and homes for hedgehogs. Members of Worklink in Cottingham … Read More