Health workers are being encouraged to take up their seasonal vaccinations as part of Hull Hospitals’ preparations for winter. Starting this week, thousands of staff working for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust including nurses, doctors and other frontline health workers are being offered free flu and Covid-19 vaccinations. The vaccination programme is being rolled out to staff through two … Read More

More patients are having surgery at Goole and District Hospital and going home on the same day thanks to a new approach developed by medical teams at two local NHS trusts. From last month, suitable patients in orthopaedics and urology have been able to have their operation at Goole and get up and about a couple of hours after they … Read More

Healthcare across the Humber will see more services disrupted in the coming days due to industrial action by hospital doctors. For the first time ever, junior doctors and consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will be coordinating their strike action, resulting in four days’ service disruption from 19th to 23rd September. On Wednesday 20th September, action by the … Read More

WISHH, the official charity supporting Hull Hospitals, has received a significant boost from a kind donor who has offered to match fund donations made to our “Space to Grow Appeal”, up to the sum of £25,000. This generous pledge is to inspire and encourage members of the community, local businesses and Charitable Trusts to get on board to help WISHH … Read More

Thousands of people living in the Holderness area could be living with uncontrolled/severe asthma but not even know it, or not be getting the treatment they need. According to estimates, there are 110,000 people living with asthma in the Humber and North Yorkshire region. Around 2,500 of that figure live with the condition in Holderness, with five percent expected to … Read More

Hospital consultants across the Humber are preparing for a second round of industrial action later this week. The BMA has given notice of industrial action taking place among consultants on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th August, less than two weeks after a 96-hour period of strike action by junior doctors concluded. With only a ‘Christmas Day’ level of consultant cover … Read More

The HEY Baby Carousel, a special event to support expectant parents and those involved in babies care has returned to Hull Royal Infirmary. The monthly event took a break at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic will take place on Wednesday 13 September 2023 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, offering a relaxed and informal opportunity for attendees to gather information, insights … Read More

Jonathan Lofthouse has started in post today (14th August, 2023) as Group Chief Executive at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG). Formerly site Chief Executive as part of King’s College Hospitals, Mr Lofthouse will oversee the management of both organisations, after the two trust boards agreed to move towards a … Read More

Hospitals in East Yorkshire are preparing for the fifth period of strike action this year by junior doctors. The BMA and HCSA unions have announced a 96-hour period of industrial action will begin at 7am on Friday 11 August and end at 7am on Tuesday 15 August. The walk-out will affect services across Castle Hill Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull … Read More