Complementary therapy for cancer patients
10th August 2017
A new service offering complementary therapies for people who have survived cancer is set be launched in East Yorkshire. Staffed entirely by volunteers, qualified therapists will donate their time and expertise to enhance the well-being of people who are undergoing or have been through cancer treatment. The service will offer reflexology, pedicures, manicures, facials and gentle massage, and has been initiated by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust‘s Survivorship Team. Sarah Guest, Clinical Nurse Specialist … Read More
300% rise in patients recruited to clinical trials
2nd August 2017
Patients in Hull and the East Riding continue to play a leading part in advances in medical treatment, according to figures released today. Data published today by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) show that Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is among the highest performing Trusts in the country for recruitment of patients into clinical trials. The figures show that 72,931 people across the Yorkshire and Humber region have taken part in NHS … Read More
Heart monitoring by smartphone
31st July 2017
New injectable technology means doctors could know there’s a problem before you do Patients experiencing unexplained blackouts are set to have their hearts monitored using a new device, no bigger than three matchsticks, and their smartphone. For some time, implantable loop recorders have been fitted in patients for cardiac monitoring, but at the size of a computer USB stick, they were visible under skin, had to be surgically implanted in a cath lab, and patients … Read More
Latch on to expert support
28th July 2017
Breastfeeding Awareness Week, 31 July – 6 August 2017 Specialist clinics designed to help new mums in the crucial early days of breastfeeding will be launched in Hull next week. The benefits of breastfeeding have been widely known for some time, but despite some mums’ best efforts, they still have difficulty giving their baby the best possible start. Now Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infant feeding Coordinators, Anna Lee Hughes and Pippa Stott, will be using … Read More
A journey of discovery after 50 years
26th July 2017
The daughter of a prominent figure in the history of Hull’s hospitals returned to the city today for a trip down Memory Lane. Jan Bennett is the daughter of Henrietta Brocklehurst, a pharmacist, founder of Hull’s Brocklehurst Chemist chain, and former Chairman of the Hull (A) Group Hospitals Management Committee for some 16 years, from 1958 to 1974. Mrs Brocklehurst oversaw a number of key developments during her time in her hospital role, including the … Read More