A health screening service which had to leave Driffield in 2021 has found a new home in the town. The mobile breast screening unit, operated by the Humberside Breast Screening Service (HBSS), will be situated at Driffield Showground for the next three months as patients from Driffield and surrounding areas take up their screening invitations. Karen Hallberg, Superintendent Radiographer with … Read More

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to welcome Prof Adele Fielding to Queen’s Centre for Oncology and Haematology at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham. Prof Fielding, renowned professor of haematology will be seeing patients at the Queen’s Centre as part of her role as Clinical Director of the University of York’s newly opened Centre for Blood Research. Although her … Read More

The first striking image of how Hull’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Albion Square could appear has been revealed. The £18m facility will provide a wide range of city centre healthcare and an initial CGI of the how the centre could look shows a two-storey building with an entrance on the corner of Albion Street and Bond Street. The … Read More

Michael McInerney, aged 83 has always loved the great outdoors, as a keen cyclist taking part in cycle cross, dashing through the countryside. Michael took up running in his mid-50’s as he took part in his first marathon in Boston Lincolnshire. He loved the course, and the wonderful surroundings. The following April, he secured a place for the London Marathon, … Read More

Junior doctors across the Humber region will begin a further round of industrial action this week as part of their long-running pay dispute with the Government. Members of the BMA will take industrial action in the form of a full walkout from 7am on Wednesday 3 January through to 7am on Tuesday 9 January 2024. This will be mirrored by … Read More

Midwives at Hull’s Fatima Allam Birth Centre are celebrating the delivery of their 500th baby of the year. Baby Jenson Rackham was born to parents Kate Clayton and Tim Rackham, from Beverley, on the evening of Monday 18th December, weighing 7lb 1oz. Brother to two older siblings, Ozzie (3) and Piper (20 months), Jenson seemed to be in a bit … Read More

It’s the stuff many of us dream of for Christmas; new furniture, a new kitchen, a nice breakfast bar, but never in their wildest dreams could the staff on Hull Women and Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) imagine they’d get all this and more for free. But the kindness and generosity of Hull-based Helix CMS, who are currently … Read More

Hospitals across the Humber region will be affected by junior doctor strikes which have been announced for December and January. Members of the BMA will take industrial action in the form of a full walkout from 7am on Wednesday 20 December through to 7am on Saturday 23 December. This will be mirrored by junior doctor members of the HCSA union. … Read More

The University of Bradford has conferred an honorary degree on Rukeya Miah, Head of Midwifery. Described as a midwife with a very special history with the University of Bradford, Rukeya has been awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award as part of the Winter Graduation Ceremonies held at the university last Friday. The university said the award was in recognition of her … Read More

Mobile breast screening will be unavailable in Withernsea again this week after electrical cables have been stolen for the second time in two weeks. Staff at the Humberside Breast Screening Service are now contacting hundreds of women who were due to attend appointments as a matter of urgency. Karen Hallberg, Superintendent Radiographer for the Humberside Breast Screening Service says: “This is … Read More