Hospital staff help couple spend final hours together on 66th wedding anniversary
8th November 2018
Nurses have been praised for helping a wife be with her dying husband in his final hours on their 66th wedding anniversary after they were both admitted to hospital. Mary Bilton was rushed to Hull Royal infirmary in the final stages of cancer while her husband Ron, 89, was suffering multi-organ failure in the Department of Elderly Medicine. Rosie Featherstone, left, and Ellis Howard Realising Mr Bilton was nearing the end of his life, staff … Read More
School pupils get their hands dirty on National Casting Day
6th November 2018
School pupils from across East Yorkshire got plastered at Hull Royal Infirmary today. Staff from the hospital’s fracture clinic welcomed children from Riverside Special School in Goole and Stockwell Academy in Hull to learn about the human body and get wrapped up in slings and bandages on National Casting Day. The annual celebration, held this year on Tuesday 6 November, is designed to showcase the work of the cast room team who deal with breaks … Read More
Behind the scenes of the new Jean Bishop Integrated Care Centre
6th November 2018
He’s painfully thin, wearing a nasal cannula attached to the oxygen cylinder by his chair. But it’s important to him to make the effort to struggle up from his seat. “Thank you,” he says, stretching out his hand to Dr Dan Harman. “You’ve covered everything and you’ve really listened to me.” For the past 50 minutes, Dr Harman, our consultant in elderly medicine, has discussed every aspect of the man’s care, from the 19 tablets … Read More
Thousands of hospital staff protecting patients from flu
2nd November 2018
Over half of all frontline hospital staff vaccinated in under four weeks More than half of all frontline healthcare staff working across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital have been vaccinated against flu in under four weeks. Since the launch of its staff flu vaccination campaign, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has seen 4,600 staff, including 53% of all those who are involved in providing direct care to patients, protected against this season’s … Read More
Hull’s frontline staff to appear in NHS video promoting alternatives to A&E
1st November 2018
Emergency staff at Hull Royal Infirmary are to appear in a new video urging people to use alternative services over winter if they need urgent medical attention. NHS England is featuring Hull’s frontline team in the video, due to be released in December, to encourage people to play their part in reducing winter pressures on the health service. Chief Operating Officer Teresa Cope said Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will be including the video … Read More