Appointment times reduced by 90 minutes for scores of patients
30th November 2017
Hospital appointment times have been reduced dramatically for scores of patients after health care assistants were trained to deliver vital heart checks to patients. Around 60 patients attending appointments at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital every month had to go to the Hull Royal Infirmary’s tower block for electrocardiograms (ECGs) to check heart rhythms and electrical activity before undergoing surgery including hysterectomy. Now, health care assistants at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Trust have … Read More
Search under way for giraffe lost at Castle Hill
28th November 2017
Staff, patients and visitors are being urged to be on the look-out today for a giraffe lost somewhere in Castle Hill Hospital. Margaret Atkin, 78, was given the toy giraffe by great grandson Jacob Rider, four, when she was admitted to the intensive care unit at the hospital in Cottingham nine weeks ago. The soft toy, which doesn’t have a name, had a rip in its back and intensive care nurses used surgical tape … Read More
‘Thank you for saving our children’
24th November 2017
Families have thanked Hull doctors for saving their children’s lives in a moving video to mark 40 years of paediatric surgery. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will play host to some of the UK’s leading children’s doctors today (Friday) to celebrate the 40th anniversary. A video of families whose children have undergone surgery since 2009, including some children as soon as they were born has been made by the trust’s medical education technical services … Read More
Students take part in mock operations
23rd November 2017
School students are watching mock operations, testing surgical skills and watching a patient recovered from a motorbike crash at a special event in Hull today. Year 8 students from Withernsea High, Headlands School in Bridlington and South Hunsley were invited to attend “A Day in the Life of the NHS” to learn about the wide variety of health careers on offer. Six different scenarios from caring for a patient hurt in the traffic accident to … Read More
Hospital porter scoops radio award for outstanding customer service
23rd November 2017
A porter has won a prestigious award from a radio station after coming to the rescue of a patient in agony. Martyn Morris scooped top prize for Best Customer Service in the Viking FM awards for helping a patient rushed to Hull Royal Infirmary. The patient was suffering post-operative complications and his partner drove him to Hull Royal after learning they faced a 90-minute wait for an ambulance because of pressure on the service. As … Read More