Visitors to wards and clinical departments at Hull Royal Infirmary are being asked to wear face masks from today to protect patients from winter illnesses. Staff in all clinical areas of the hospital will be wearing face masks after an increase in patients admitted to hospital with flu, diarrhoea and vomiting and Norovirus over the past week. Dr Debbie Wearmouth, … Read More

When she was diagnosed with a rare form of gynaecological cancer in 2015, Zowie Fussey from Ulceby, North Lincolnshire, could barely have imagined where she’d be ten years later on. The former administrative worker and then mum-of-two to Keaton and Martin was diagnosed with a granulosa cell tumour, a rare form of ovarian cancer, at the age of just 33. … Read More

It was originally set up to deliver faster access to diagnostic tests usually carried out in hospitals. Now Hull’s £18m Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), based on Albion Street, is working with a growing number of GP practices to offer routine blood tests more quickly too. A two-week pilot project with four local surgeries launched in October, through which phlebotomy staff … Read More

Families in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are being asked to offer the gift of sight to blind or partially sighted people. Around 70 ocular donations are required for transplantation each week to help those with sight problems but supplies of corneal tissue are well below levels needed by hospitals. Now, NHS Humber Health Partnership, the organisation running Hull Royal … Read More

A patient had his own Christmas song played to him during his operation in a bid to keep him relaxed. John Dawson, 79, from Cowden near Hornsea, almost severed his fingers in a freak accident involving an angle grinder. The guitarist, who’s played in the cover band Chapter Four for almost 60 years, was rushed to Hull Royal Infirmary where … Read More

Hundreds of students from Hull and the East Riding were given an insight into the dangers of vaping at a special educational event at Hull Royal Infirmary today. NHS Humber Health Partnership, the organisation running Hull Royal Infirmary, Castle Hill Hospital, Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, Scunthorpe General and Goole Hospital, held their Christmas Lecture for schools and … Read More

Just three weeks after being constructed in the grounds of Hull Royal, our new temporary discharge lounge is now open to patients. Here we are able to provide comfortable space for 30 patients who are ready to be discharged, freeing up space on our wards to admit new patients and helping to improve flow though the hospital. Operations Director, Matt … Read More

A hospital specialist in ageing and frailty has issued advice to help older people keep well and out of hospital this winter. Plummeting temperatures and wintry conditions can increase illnesses like flu, pneumonia and even heart attacks and injuries caused by falls, causing emergency admissions to Hull Royal, Castle Hill Hospital, Goole Hospital, Scunthorpe General or Diana, Princess of Wales … Read More

A spokeswoman for NHS Humber Health Partnership said: “Our current NHS Oversight Framework (NOF) ratings rightly reflects the scale of the challenges we face. However, we also welcome the additional support it unlocks so we can accelerate clinically-led improvements already under way. “Patient safety is at the centre of our improvement plan, the driving force behind all clinically-led changes, and … Read More