Important advice for patients ahead of strike action
5th April 2016
Patients with hospital appointments scheduled for Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th April are being urged to attend as normal unless they have already been told otherwise. Junior doctors are, once again, preparing for a 48hr period of industrial action, during which they will provide emergency cover only at both Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham. The action is being taken as part of a national, ongoing dispute with the Government over changes … Read More
Apprenticeship awards celebrate local hospitals’ rising stars
16th March 2016
Staff at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are celebrating after receiving five award nominations for work to develop local apprenticeships. Alex Bampton, a business admin apprentice working within Hull Royal Infirmary’s Intensive Care Unit, has been shortlisted for the title of ‘Intermediate Non Clinical Apprentice of the Year’ at the forthcoming Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber ‘Talent for Care’ Awards on Friday 18th March. Jaimee Lee Lister, Estates Apprentice who was shortlisted last … Read More
National Apprenticeship Week: Hull mortuary worker to be recognised at Ministerial event in London
14th March 2016
A young hospital worker from Hull will be recognised by Ministers later this month as part of forthcoming National Apprentice Week celebrations. Jordan Burn, a Trainee Anatomical Pathology Technologist (ATP) with Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, was the country’s first Mortuary Apprentice, and is one of just a handful of people to be invited to London to attend the special event. 23-year-old Jordan began his apprenticeship in the Public Mortuary at Hull Royal Infirmary … Read More
Public invited to learn more about organ donation
14th March 2016
Members of the public are being invited to find out more about organ and tissue donation through an educational event later this week. Earlier this year, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust launched its life-saving campaign, ‘Be A Hero’, in a bid to raise awareness of the number of people waiting for transplants in the region and to encourage more people to sign the organ donor register. At present there are currently 26 people in … Read More
All eyes on Hull as ophthalmic unit is judged number one by its patients, and international charity agrees
10th March 2016
An international award has arrived in Hull after local people under the care of Hull and East Yorkshire Eye Hospital showed their support for the service. The International Glaucoma Association (IGA) launched its search for the ‘ophthalmic unit most appreciated by patients for quality of service’ back in late 2015. Members of the Hull and East Riding Glaucoma Group responded by nominating Hull Royal Infirmary’s Ophthalmic Unit for the IGA ‘Ophthalmic Unit of the Year … Read More