Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Did you know that if you come into our hospitals for care and you’d like to quit smoking, we have dedicated teams to help you do it? Working with both acute patients and parents-to-be accessing maternity care, our Tobacco Dependency teams across NHS Humber Health Partnership are on hand to support you on the journey to becoming smoke free. Already, … Read More

Families who have lost a baby are being invited to join in one of three special, regional remembrance events next month. To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October), members of NHS Humber Health Partnership’s Pastoral and Spiritual Care Team have been working with SANDS, the Still Birth and Neonatal Death charity, and midwifery staff across the region’s hospitals to … Read More

Our specialist women’s health physiotherapy services are providing a vital lifeline for women previously too scared and embarrassed to leave their home. Here at NHS Humber Health Partnership, which operates Scunthorpe General Hospital, Grimsby’s Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Goole and District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital and community services across northern Lincolnshire, our dedicated and highly skilled team … Read More

Local people urged to confirm their wishes as the Organ Donor Register celebrates its 30th birthday this year Organ donors, recipients and healthcare staff are among those marking a very special anniversary today as national Organ Donation Week gets underway. Since the national Organ Donor Register (ODR) was established in 1994, thousands of lives have been saved or transformed as … Read More

Special hospital clinics will be set up from this week to offer a new vaccine at 28 weeks of pregnancy to protect babies from a potentially deadly winter bug. Around 30,000 children under five are rushed to hospitals across the UK every winter with RSV, a virus affecting 90 per cent of children under two which can cause severe lung … Read More

Hull Royal Infirmary is launching a patient safety initiative to prevent people losing their independence after hospital stays. Patients who spend longer than they need in hospital beds are at increased risk of falling, mental health problems, losing their independence or readmission through a physiological process known as “deconditioning”. Now, the Falls Service is unveiling the project as part of … Read More

Community cohesion officers from Humberside Police have been supporting staff from the region’s hospitals in the wake of last month’s race riots. In the four weeks since the civil unrest which saw violence, disorder and looting on Hull’s streets, a number of overseas workers and those who identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff have reported increasing levels … Read More

Early findings from a collaborative project between Hull’s respiratory team and international biopharmaceutical group, Chiesi, were presented at an international conference this weekend. Respiratory nurse specialists Kayleigh Brindle and Karen Watkins joined Professor Michael Crooks in travelling to Vienna to present at the 2024 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2024. Here, they addressed thousands of delegates with exciting early findings from the … Read More

Around 21,000 people impacted each year by musculoskeletal problems such as back, knee and elbow pain are to benefit from a new service delivered by specialist physiotherapy and pain management teams in Northern Lincolnshire. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, part of NHS Humber Health Partnership, has just been awarded a £10.2m contract in partnership with Connect Health to … Read More

On Sunday 8th September, fourteen individuals forming #TeamWISHH will be heading to Newcastle upon Tyne for the fantastic Great North Run, known as the “World’s biggest and best half marathon”.  With 60,000 runners taking part, the race will see participants running the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle and finishing in South Shields. The fourteen-strong team includes Hull Hospital staff from the … Read More