High levels of microplastics have been found in surgical environments in a landmark study. A team at the University of Hull analysed microplastic levels in both the operating theatre and anaesthetic room, in cardiothoracic surgeries. The study is the latest in a series of ground-breaking microplastics research from the University of Hull, Hull York Medical School and Hull University Teaching … Read More

Hull’s hospitals has achieved a UK first by launching a major educational project for schools and academies to create its own workforce for the future. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) is unveiling Med Shed – its online and immersive digital programme to introduce young people aged 11 to 16 to around 350 potential careers. Med Shed showcases NHS … Read More

Global experts in headache and migraine are heading to Hull this week to discuss pioneering treatments and advances in clinical care. The UK’s biggest meeting on headache is being organised by the neurology team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust in conjunction with The Migraine Trust, The British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH), the International Headache Society (IHS), … Read More

Appeal to knitters as supplies of twiddlemuffs start to dwindle A senior nurse is appealing to local knitters, craft and community groups to support hospital patients living with dementia. For a number of years, hospital staff have been giving out knitted twiddlemuffs to patients with dementia to help ease anxiety while spending time in hospital. These brightly coloured items consist … Read More

Unison members working for Yorkshire Ambulance Service will be taking part in industrial action on Monday 23 January 2023. Members of the union will take action for 12 hours between 10am and 10pm and, in line with previous action taken, ambulance staff will be prioritising those with life-threatening needs. Hospital staff will be discharging as many patients as possible in … Read More

A new £4m paediatric unit providing first-class facilities for Hull’s sick and injured children and their families has opened at Hull Royal Infirmary. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) has opened Ward H20 – known as Woodland Ward – with 23 beds as part of the major £19.3m construction project to redesign the front entrance and lower floors of … Read More

Ambulance service colleagues have announced that industrial action by both GMB and Unison members will be taking place on Wednesday 11 January 2023. In readiness, we have been working to discharge as many patients as possible from hospital in advance of the strike, where those patients are medically fit and it is safe to do so. Anyone with a hospital … Read More