Team need unwanted wigs to help cancer patients
31st October 2018
A hospital team is appealing for wigs to help cancer patients overcome the trauma of losing their hair. The Living With and Beyond Cancer team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust set up the wig service last year to help patients undergoing treatment at the Queen’s Centre at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham. With wigs costing anywhere from £100 to £1,000, patients can pick up a wig for as little as £10. Now, because … Read More
Women and Children’s Hospital team praised for delivering most babies in a single month in 2018
23rd October 2018
Staff at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital have been praised for helping women through more complex pregnancies to deliver the most babies born in a single month this year. Midwives and doctors have helped women give birth to 480 babies in September. Nine months on from Christmas, September is traditionally a busy time for maternity hospitals but almost 50 more babies were born in Hull last month compared to August, including 22 in a single … Read More
Grandmother fitted with Batman false leg to tackle her grandsons’ fear
22nd October 2018
A grandmother has been fitted with a Batman-style prosthesis to help her twin grandsons overcome their fear of her false leg. Mary Monahan, 66, was attending a routine appointment at Hull’s Artificial Limb Unit and mentioned to Prosthetist Jess Gilroy that her grandsons Toby and Finlay were frightened of her prosthesis. Now, with Jess’s help, Mrs Monahan is the proud owner of a Batman prosthesis, designed by the team in Sykes Street from a pair … Read More
David turns detective to find owner of lost memories
22nd October 2018
A hospital linen services worker turned detective to reunite a woman with memory books charting her life. David Stothard, management assistant in linen services, was sent photographs, books detailing Hull’s history and other personal items in April from the company contracted to look after linen from Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. Over the next few months, David refused to give up and the trail eventually led him to Sue Davis, the owner of … Read More
New build plans for Hull IVF Unit
19th October 2018
Patients undergoing fertility treatment could soon be receiving their care in brand new, state of the art facilities. The Hull IVF Unit has submitted an application to East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s planning team to build a new, two-storey treatment unit at the Hesslewood Estate, close to the Humber Bridge. Clinicians working at the Hull IVF Unit say the current unit’s location within Hull Women and Children’s Hospital is limiting its ability to meet rising … Read More