Overwhelming response to family wellbeing study
14th May 2024
A team researching the factors which influence family health has smashed its annual recruitment target in the space of just three months. The response to the Born and Bred in (BaBi) Hull and East Yorkshire study has been so overwhelming that the research team, based at Hull Royal Infirmary, has signed up more than 400 participants in the space of just 13 weeks. Sarah Collins, Research Midwife for NHS Humber Health Partnership, says she’s thrilled … Read More
“You imagine the very worst, but life can still go on as normal”
10th May 2024
Message of hope as health experts prepare for event to bring our insides out In 2019, Jenny Lake, a management consultant from Barrow-upon-Humber, was diagnosed with colitis. Already going through a very difficult time in her life, the news came as a shock. Yet ironically, the stress she was under could well have triggered the colitis flare-up which ultimately led to her diagnosis. Jenny’s symptoms presented as many a classic case of inflammatory bowel disease … Read More
It’s time to get to grips with guts
9th May 2024
Stomach pain. Digestive difficulties. Toilet troubles. Whatever you want to call them, not many of us like to talk about them. But when you consider that more than 5,500 people in Hull and the East Riding are living with a diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and around 430 people in our region alone will be diagnosed with bowel cancer this year, it’s clear that we as a community need to get to grips with … Read More
The way we talk about Dying Matters
1st May 2024
Our End of Life and Pastoral and Spiritual Care teams are encouraging people to get talking about death, dying and grief in whatever way, shape or form works for them for Dying Matters Awareness Week. End of Life Lead Nurse, Alison Redhead The national campaign, which runs from 6 to 12 May, aims to open up conversations around death and dying. This year’s theme focuses on the language that we use, and conversations we have, … Read More
Midwives supporting you with mental health issues in pregnancy
26th April 2024
Our mental health midwives are urging anyone who’s pregnant not to suffer in silence and instead reach out for help as part of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. Our Perinatal Mental Health Midwives are urging anyone who’s pregnant not to suffer in silence, and instead reach out for help as part of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. Leanne Ellis and Lyndsey Hackett are our Perinatal Mental Health Midwives at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation … Read More