As the mercury rises, it’s important that we take as much care of older relatives as we do when we experience bad weather, storms and snowfall. While hypothermia is a risk to older people during winter, hyperthermia is a umbrella term used for a range of heat-related illnesses like heat cramps, heat syncope when you experience sudden dizziness after an … Read More

Midwives are producing guidance to help new dads and partners stay overnight in hospital to enable them to support  mothers and bond with their babies. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust launched a new initiative earlier this year to give fathers and birth partners the chance to stay with their new families on Rowan Ward in the first few hours … Read More

People will be able to look back through 70 years of Hull history next week when an NHS organisation hosts its annual general meeting. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will hold its AGM in the lecture theatre at the Medical Education Centre at Hull Royal Infirmary on Tuesday. A timeline celebrating 70 years of the NHS in the city … Read More

By the time you reach Week 28, you’re in the home straight of your pregnancy. Known as the third trimester, this is when your body starts preparing for the arrival of your baby. Here, Hull’s team of midwives at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital give you advice and tips as you get ready to meet your baby for the first … Read More

She holds his hand, telling him about mushrooms fried in garlic while the patient tells her about the great meals he’s had traveling the world with his job for an oil firm. Clinical support worker Julie Williams cracks a joke but he tells her “Don’t make me laugh.” It’s easy to understand why laughing might not be a good idea. … Read More

She had always wanted to join the police force but her hopes were dashed when she was 16 because she reached just five foot three tall and had poor eyesight. Instead, Liz Hembrough concentrated on finding a career that involved working with people so opted to join the NHS. Now, 35 years after she began her training at Hull School … Read More

Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital staff will be getting in the party spirit when they join thousands for this year’s Hull Pride celebrations. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting members of its 9,000-strong workforce to join the event as the city erupts in a rainbow of colour on Saturday, July 21. As a silver sponsor of the … Read More

A virus normally seen during the winter months has led to temporary ward closures at Hull Royal Infirmary in recent days. Wards 11 and 110 have been closed to new admissions due to the winter vomiting bug, Norovirus, and further bays have been closed on ward 31 at the Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, due to an outbreak of diarrhoea … Read More

Stories of A&E departments under pressure have become commonplace during the winter months but staff at Hull Royal Infirmary have seen record numbers of patients in the first week of July. Over 500 people attended Hull Royal Infirmary’s A&E on Monday 2nd July, many with illnesses and conditions that should have been seen and treated at their local urgent care … Read More