Hospital trust extends career opportunities for student nurses
26th February 2018
A major teaching hospital is extending its job opportunities to student nurses after interviewing record numbers in the past week. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has offered new careers to around 165 students, set to qualify as adult nurses in September, so far. Now, following the latest success of its “Remarkable People, Extraordinary Place” recruitment campaign, the trust is increasing the number of career pathways open to students to attract more applications. It is … Read More
Hospitals work with British Red Cross to get patients home sooner
23rd February 2018
Patients well enough to be discharged from hospital are returning home sooner after the launch of a new seven-day service. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is teaming up with the British Red Cross to offer the assisted discharge scheme to patients ready to be discharged from Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham. And, for the first time, the service is operating seven days a week between 10am and 6pm and patients … Read More
Support for prospective parents at HEY Baby Carousel event
22nd February 2018
Fathers and partners feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of becoming a parent will be supported at a hospital event next week helping couples prepare for the birth of their baby. Midwives and health teams trained in pregnancy support, birth, home safety and child care will be at the next Hey Baby Carousel at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, February 28. Mental health teams and voluntary group Andy’s Man Club will be on hand … Read More
Children’s surgeon highlights concerns over ‘body piercing’ magnet craze
22nd February 2018
A children’s surgeon is raising awareness of the dangers of magnets after saving the lives of children falling victim to a new ‘body piercing’ craze. Hull Royal Infirmary’s paediatric surgery department has treated three children who have swallowed high powered ball-bearing magnets in the past three months. Sanja Besarovic, a consultant paediatric surgeon at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has written to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents as the latest craze … Read More
False nails and blackheads: The ‘medical emergencies’ at Hull Royal’s A&E
21st February 2018
People have been turning up at Hull Royal Infirmary’s A&E department to ask emergency staff to remove acrylic nails and squeeze their blackheads. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is producing a video revealing the non-medical requests from the public as emergency frontline teams come under the toughest winter pressures in recent years. In the video, nursing staff tell how people have arrived at the emergency care area at Hull Royal Infirmary to ask them … Read More