Patients needing surgery benefiting from new approach
20th September 2023
More patients are having surgery at Goole and District Hospital and going home on the same day thanks to a new approach developed by medical teams at two local NHS trusts. From last month, suitable patients in orthopaedics and urology have been able to have their operation at Goole and get up and about a couple of hours after they have left the operating theatre. This has enabled them to start their recovery quicker so … Read More
Hospitals prepare for dual action by hospital doctors
15th September 2023
Healthcare across the Humber will see more services disrupted in the coming days due to industrial action by hospital doctors. For the first time ever, junior doctors and consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) will be coordinating their strike action, resulting in four days’ service disruption from 19th to 23rd September. On Wednesday 20th September, action by the two groups will overlap, with both consultants and juniors providing only a ‘Christmas Day’ level … Read More
WISHH Charity’s Space to Grow Appeal receives £25,000 boost
14th September 2023
WISHH, the official charity supporting Hull Hospitals, has received a significant boost from a kind donor who has offered to match fund donations made to our “Space to Grow Appeal”, up to the sum of £25,000. This generous pledge is to inspire and encourage members of the community, local businesses and Charitable Trusts to get on board to help WISHH reach our Appeal target of raising £100,000 before the end of March 2024 so the … Read More
Healthcare project to address asthma inequalities in Holderness
4th September 2023
Thousands of people living in the Holderness area could be living with uncontrolled/severe asthma but not even know it, or not be getting the treatment they need. According to estimates, there are 110,000 people living with asthma in the Humber and North Yorkshire region. Around 2,500 of that figure live with the condition in Holderness, with five percent expected to have severe asthma. To provide respite for these people, the Innovation for Healthcare Inequalities Programme … Read More
Second doctors strike affects region’s hospitals this month
21st August 2023
Hospital consultants across the Humber are preparing for a second round of industrial action later this week. The BMA has given notice of industrial action taking place among consultants on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th August, less than two weeks after a 96-hour period of strike action by junior doctors concluded. With only a ‘Christmas Day’ level of consultant cover guaranteed, now hospital bosses across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are putting plans in place … Read More