Breast screening unit finds new home at Showground
31st January 2024
A health screening service which had to leave Driffield in 2021 has found a new home in the town. The mobile breast screening unit, operated by the Humberside Breast Screening Service (HBSS), will be situated at Driffield Showground for the next three months as patients from Driffield and surrounding areas take up their screening invitations. Karen Hallberg, Superintendent Radiographer with the HBSS explains: “Until 2021, the mobile screening unit was based within the local supermarket … Read More
Renowned haematologist joins HUTH’s Queen’s Centre
30th January 2024
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to welcome Prof Adele Fielding to Queen’s Centre for Oncology and Haematology at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham. Prof Fielding, renowned professor of haematology will be seeing patients at the Queen’s Centre as part of her role as Clinical Director of the University of York’s newly opened Centre for Blood Research. Although her main work will be at the Centre and the Hull York Medical School (HYMS) where … Read More
Image of how new Community Diagnostic Centre could look revealed
24th January 2024
The first striking image of how Hull’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Albion Square could appear has been revealed. The £18m facility will provide a wide range of city centre healthcare and an initial CGI of the how the centre could look shows a two-storey building with an entrance on the corner of Albion Street and Bond Street. The CDC will feature a range of services including MRI, X-ray, CT scanning and ultrasounds and … Read More
Hull Hospital’s WISHH Charity supports 83-year-old Scunthorpe ParkRun Legend
5th January 2024
Michael McInerney, aged 83 has always loved the great outdoors, as a keen cyclist taking part in cycle cross, dashing through the countryside. Michael took up running in his mid-50’s as he took part in his first marathon in Boston Lincolnshire. He loved the course, and the wonderful surroundings. The following April, he secured a place for the London Marathon, and it’s safe to say, from there it cemented his love for running. Now three … Read More
New Year strikes by junior doctors to affect hospitals for six days
2nd January 2024
Junior doctors across the Humber region will begin a further round of industrial action this week as part of their long-running pay dispute with the Government. Members of the BMA will take industrial action in the form of a full walkout from 7am on Wednesday 3 January through to 7am on Tuesday 9 January 2024. This will be mirrored by junior doctor members of the HCSA union. The industrial action, the first of the New … Read More