Helping employers deal with the most difficult and delicate of subjects A special event is being held next month to help employers of all sizes to better handle bereavement. According to the bereavement charity, Cruse, one in ten people in the UK is thought to be affected by bereavement at any given time. Whilst most bereaved people will cope reasonably … Read More
Practical demonstrations to help parents-to-be at special hospital event
Worried how you’ll manage to look after your new-born baby? Do you know how to keep your baby safe while they’re sleeping or how to fit a nappy? Hull’s team of midwives, midwifery assistants and birth educators will be on hand this week to give out hints and tips at the special HEY Baby Carousel at Hull Women and Children’s … Read More
Sweet success!
Phenomenal’ response to call to help cancer patients Nurses have praised the generosity of local people following an appeal to help patients undergoing cancer treatment. Following a letter written to the Hull Daily Mail and a supporting appeal through social media last week, hundreds of bags of boiled sweets have been delivered to the Queen’s Centre at Castle Hill Hospital … Read More
Art competition launched to mark the NHS’s 70th birthday
The NHS turns 70 on 5th July, and to mark this fantastic milestone, health organisations are appealing to local designers and artists to help them celebrate. A special NHS at 70 artwork competition is being held as part of the forthcoming Hull and East Riding Health Expo, seeking a design or piece of art which depicts the local NHS and … Read More
“She’s one in a million”
Clinical Support Worker, Jo Howley, retires just days before her 75th birthday A Beverley woman whose NHS career spans more than 33 years is set to retire today, less than a week before her 75th birthday. Jo Howley spent five years nursing at Beverley Westwood Hospital before moving to Ward 11 at Castle Hill Hospital when it opened 28 years … Read More
Hull’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit undergoes major transformation
A neonatal unit caring for the region’s sickest babies has undergone a £45,000 transformation to protect vulnerable infants. Work has just been completed to increase the floor space in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital caring for sick babies. The unit is a regional specialist centre caring for premature infants and desperately ill newborn … Read More
Hospital consultant invites public to learn about the threat of drug-resistant bugs
The public have a key role to play in preventing the spread of life-threatening infections, a hospital consultant says. Consultant physician Dr Gavin Barlow will give a free public lecture on the need for people to protect antibiotics after seeing the problem worsen since joining Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in 2004. Dr Barlow, who leads the trust’s work … Read More
Overseas staff to cook up a treat to celebrate diversity in the NHS
Hospital staff will be cooking dishes from around the world next month at a special event to welcome overseas nurses, doctors and healthcare workers to the NHS. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will host the food event on Nurses Day on May 9 to celebrate the diverse cultures now working at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. In … Read More
Students to help hospital team after they achieve record year for organ donations
A hospital team is marking its most successful year after a record number of families agreed to save lives. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has revealed 35 families agreed their loved one’s organs could be used to save a life last year compared to 13 in 2016/17. This mean 54 life-saving transplants could be carried out. Trust staff also … Read More
First baby born at Hull’s Fatima Allam Birth Centre turns 1!
She was the first baby to open her eyes in the plush surroundings of the Fatima Allam Birth Centre and now one-year-old Connie Houghton is back to celebrate. Arriving at 4.49pm on April 10, 2017, and weighing in at 8lbs 9.5oz, Connie is one of over 340 babies born to date at the city’s £470,000 midwifery-led unit, within Hull Women … Read More