New Eye Surgery Lab opens in Hull to offer first-class training for surgeons
7th May 2019
A new eye surgery lab offering some of the best training facilities in the country has opened in Hull to help train the next generation of surgeons in Yorkshire. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has enlarged and upgraded its Hull Institute of Learning and Simulation Eye Surgery Lab to train junior doctors in eye surgery, including cataract surgery, one of the most common surgical procedures in the UK. The ‘wet lab’ will be known … Read More
‘Mr Kingston General’ marks International Nurses Day
6th May 2019
A man who became the first nursing student to work with long-term patients in the former Kingston General Hospital has spoken of his 40-year service to the NHS to mark International Nurses Day. Mike Hebblewhite became known as Mr Kingston General and was credited with playing a major role in transforming care for older people in the city. Now 85, Mr Hebblewhite, who was awarded the MBE for his services to nursing by the Queen … Read More
International Day of the Midwife celebration for Hull Maternity matron Kathleen Coni
30th April 2019
A leading midwife who ran Hull’s Maternity Hospital for two decades and played a significant role in shaping the profession is to be celebrated as part of this year’s International Day of the Midwife. Kathleen Coni OBE was Matron of Hull Municipal Maternity Hospital from 1924 to 1946 during a career spent championing the midwifery profession. She was awarded the OBE in 1943 for services to midwifery. Reporting her death in 1965 at the age … Read More
Special leisure centre offer for people on cancer journeys
30th April 2019
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has introduced a two month swim session pilot, aimed solely at people who are experiencing cancer or who have been through cancer in the past. The pilot sessions, which will take place at three leisure centres across the East Riding, will enable eligible people to swim with others who know what they have been through. Many people going through cancer may wear wigs, prosthetics or aids to help them during … Read More
Memory boxes to help children after their brothers and sisters die in hospital
29th April 2019
Memory boxes are to be given to children to help them cope with the death of a brother, sister or parent at hospitals in Hull, North Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.. Abbie’s Fund, set up by Katy Cowell in memory of her daughter, has donated white, pink and blue boxes for brothers and sisters of babies and children who die at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Labour & Delivery Suite, the Children’s Emergency Department or … Read More