Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Ready to take charge of your health and wellbeing?  Join us at Hull Royal Infirmary on Friday, July 11, for Fit4Life! This special event is your chance to speak to hospital-based experts about improving your wellbeing through smoking cessation, lifestyle choices, alcohol moderation, cancer screening and vaccination. Chat to our doctors, nurses, therapists and health teams about steps you can … Read More

Women experiencing pelvic health problems during and after pregnancy are being invited to register for a free app to help improve their symptoms. One in three women experience urinary incontinence three months after pregnancy and one in 12 report symptoms of pelvic prolapse after giving birth. Now, Laura Caldicott, the first Pelvic Health Midwife to be appointed by NHS Humber … Read More

A drive round a hospital car park, a sing song, or even decorating a treatment room as a theme from a film is all in a day’s work for a small team of nurses. As part of this year’s Learning Disability Week, which starts today (Monday 16 June), we are shining the spotlight on our Vulnerabilities Team which works across … Read More

Put your health before embarrassment or fear and attend your smear test appointment, a hospital team says. Cervical cancer screening rates in our area are higher than the national average, thanks to Hull’s #smearnotfear team from Hull Women and Children’s Hospital. Around 72pc of women, trans men and non-binary people in the 25 to 49 age group and almost 77pc … Read More

A hospital consultant is urging people with diabetes to attend their check-ups and appointments to prevent the risk of developing serious illness. Dr Belinda Allan, Consultant in General Medicine and Endocrinology at NHS Humber Health Partnership, said check ups are the best way to manage this serious, complicated condition. At the start of Diabetes Awareness Week, Dr Allan said: “There … Read More

Local charity P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery has recently been awarded an honorary contract with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH), working as part of NHS Humber Health Partnership*. This contract allows Paul Spence and P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery Service Delivery Manager Nathalie Martin, to serve as charity advisors on the Neurosurgery and Neuro Trauma wards (Wards 4 and 40) … Read More

Time to celebrate the changing face of hospital volunteering this Volunteers Week Think of hospitals, and most people think doctors and nurses, and yet for many people entering a hospital, one of the first people you’re likely to bump into is a volunteer. Hospitals across the Humber are full of them, more than 650 in fact, working across Goole, Hull, … Read More

We’re helping support young people and staff who are dealing with bereavement. A new animated video for bereaved children, which was launched at a recent event, has been created as part of an Ideas Fund project with local charity Fitmums & Friends. It draws directly on children’s lived experiences to help others better understand and support other young people who … Read More

VR technology transports cancer patients to the Northern Lights, mountain tops and beyond A special virtual reality (VR) taster session is to be held next month for patients with cancer and their loved ones. The Cancer Psychological Team, based at the Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, has introduced VR after being awarded a cancer innovation grant from the Humber and … Read More