Length of stay: Five weeks. Expected date of discharge: July 2023. But this isn’t your average patient needing medical care. This is a family of ducks who have chosen to make the Queen’s Centre, at Castle Hill Hospital, their home. Mother duck and her offspring were first spotted around five weeks ago in an enclosed courtyard next to Physiotherapy. Staff … Read More

In a significant collaboration, a team of IR consultants from the Trust and the Christian Medical College in Vellore recently led an Interventional Radiology (IR) advanced practice course on vascular interventions in India. This pioneering initiative provided postgraduate trainees in IR with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in the field. The course marked a crucial milestone in … Read More

Junior doctors are due to begin 96 hours of industrial action next week. Members of the BMA and HCSA unions will go on strike immediately following the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, starting at 7am on Tuesday 11 April and ending at 7am on Saturday 15 April 2023. Junior doctors are qualified doctors who have anywhere up to eight years’ experience … 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

Our main Hull Royal Infirmary car park on Argyle Street, and all of our patient and visitor car parks at Castle Hill Hospital, now use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR). A camera will read your number plate as you drive into our car park. You will need to “pay on exit” before returning to your car. When you reach the … Read More

We recently updated our car parking payment machines at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital to allow hospital users to pay using cash card, contactless, online via the APCOA app and with cash. From Monday 15th August, the machines will be linked to an Automatic Number Plate Recognition system so all you need to do when you arrive at … Read More

Staff working at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham have teamed up to support disabled children evacuated from the conflict in Ukraine. Dr Andrzej Frygier, a specialty trainee in haematology, and Lee Ellerker, an engineer who sub-contracts with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, have been working together to raise money and send aid to support over 60 children at a … Read More

Hundreds of international nurses are now settling in Hull after finding rewarding careers in East Yorkshire. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust began an international recruitment campaign almost five years ago to offer internationally educated nurses the chance to work in East Yorkshire. Since then, 316 nurses, mainly from the Philippines but also from Nepal, have started working at Hull … Read More

Visiting restrictions are to be eased at Hull’s hospitals next week as the number of people infected with Covid-19 continues to fall. Hull University Teaching Hospitals (HUTH) NHS Trust is easing restrictions to allow one family member or friend to visit a patient in most parts of Hull Royal Infirmary or Castle Hill Hospital. Visiting slots of up to one … Read More

As we approach Christmas, we understand that relatives and friends will want to stay in touch with loved ones spending time in hospital. We appreciate the current visiting restrictions make this difficult but would like to present a few options for how you can keep in contact over the festive season. Our hospitals are very busy right now and so … Read More