Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

In a significant collaboration, a team of IR consultants from the Trust and the Christian Medical College in Vellore recently led an Interventional Radiology (IR) advanced practice course on vascular interventions in India. This pioneering initiative provided postgraduate trainees in IR with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in the field. The course marked a crucial milestone in … Read More

Junior doctors are due to begin 72 hours of industrial action this week. Members of the BMA and HCSA unions will go on strike from 7am on Wednesday 14 June 2023, and the industrial action will end at 7am on Saturday 17 June. Junior doctors are qualified doctors who have anywhere up to eight years’ experience working in hospitals. Junior … Read More

A specialist healthcare team from Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham is teaming up with Fitmums &  Friends to help support bereaved parents. Castle Hill Hospital’s Teenage and Young Adults Cancer Service, part of the Teenage Cancer Trust, will join forces with the charity to launch ‘LiLY Walks’ later this month. The ‘LiLY’ in LiLY Walks stands for Lives Lost Young. … Read More

WISHH, the official charity of Hull Hospitals has launched its annual appeal, ‘Space to Grow’ to raise £100,000 to enhance the facilities of Hull’s NICU. This will complement the Hospital Trust’s expansion of the unit by 5 cots. Each year, Hull Hospitals’ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) cares for over 500 premature babies, some stay for hours or days, whilst others … Read More

Hull University Teaching Hospitals has achieved a dramatic 13 per cent reduction in staff driving to and from work in the first year of its sustainability travel project. Results from HUTH’s annual staff travel survey show the number of staff driving to Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has declined significantly, with corresponding increases in staff switching … Read More

A new woodland trail has been created for staff in the grounds of Castle Hill Hospital to help them relax and recharge their batteries during their breaks. Hull University Teaching Hospitals (HUTH) has opened the trail stretching almost half a mile and weaving through the grounds of the hospital in Cottingham. The safe and tranquil haven for staff was created … Read More

Pat Watts, a Midwifery Assistant at the Hull Women and Children’s Hospital has retired after 66 years of dedicated service to the NHS. From a very young age, Pat knew she wanted to pursue a career in an environment which had people at heart. That passion led her into the health service in 1957 when she joined the gynaecology ward … Read More

Following a comprehensive and robust national recruitment process, Jonathan Lofthouse has been appointed as Joint Chief Executive for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG). Jonathan is currently Site Chief Executive (Princess Royal University Hospital and South Sites) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London and has significant experience of not … Read More

A single phone number is to be introduced by Hull’s maternity team for anyone looking to contact the service. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will launch the new number – 01482 311500 – on Monday 22nd May 2023. The move comes after a recent visit from the Care Quality Commission, when women and families using maternity services reported difficulties … Read More

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is joining the global Colitis and Crohn`s disease community to observe this year’s World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day on May 19, 2023. Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis, collectively known as IBD, are chronic autoimmune disorders that cause inflammation in the digestive tract and affects over 500,000 people in the UK. These conditions can … Read More