Improving patient care, reducing emergency admissions, treating disease earlier and saving lives; the aims of a two-year liver health project taking place across the Humber region. Funding of £500,000 over two years from NHS England and the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance has been secured to pilot Liver Health Checks in a number of community locations across Hull, East … Read More

A hospital in Hull is ushering in a clean and green way to transport patients. The facilities team at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has just taken delivery of its first ever, all-electric, non-emergency ambulance. Representing investment of over £86,000, the ambulance will be used to transport patients needing tests and scans, as well as those requiring admission to or … Read More

Midwives in Hull are throwing open the hospital doors in support of the city’s first ever “Baby Week”. The team at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital will run a special ‘Baby Carousel’ to mark the start of the week-long event organised by the Hull Early Help Partnership. Baby Carousel events are open to all new parents and parents-to-be, offering the … Read More

Participants sought for new SNAP-3 research study Pregnant people looking to stop smoking are being invited to join a new study taking place across Hull and East Yorkshire. SNAP-3 is open to those who are less than 25 weeks pregnant and who smoke more than five cigarettes a day. The study will look at how nicotine replacement can be used … Read More

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