Hull’s hospitals unveils plan to cope with winter pressures
18th November 2021
Extra nurses, doctors and porters, an additional ward and increased capacity for tests in hospital labs are among a £1m package of measures to prepare Hull’s hospitals for winter. Hull University Teaching Hospitals is introducing additional measures to ensure Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital are best equipped to cope with an anticipated surge in admissions of patients with Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses such as flu and RSV. Winter measures include extra emergency … Read More
Hull Hospitals make bold pledge to reach net zero by 2030
16th November 2021
Hospitals in Hull are looking to beat government targets for carbon reduction and become net zero by 2030. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is today publishing its ZeroThirty Strategy and Green Plan, seeking to become carbon neutral up to 15 years earlier than the targets set by the Department of Health*. The Trust’s flagship project is its £4.5m ‘Field of Dreams’, a solar field comprising 11,000 panels over almost 8 hectares which is under … Read More
New Chair appointed for Hull hospitals
12th November 2021
NHS England/NHS Improvement and relevant hospital Governors have approved the appointment of Sean Lyons as the new joint Chair at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG). He will take up his post from 1st February 2022. Sean will replace former Chair Terry Moran who stepped down from his post in July 2021. Since that time the role of Acting Chair for NLaG and HUTH has been … Read More
Hospital team completing £60m of projects to improve patient care
11th November 2021
They are the heroes in hard hats, playing a vital role in improving health care for patients across East Yorkshire. The Capital Development team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is driving construction projects worth around £60m to reshape health services at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. Photos by Jasmine Lee And the efforts of the team are even more outstanding as 51 projects have been – or are being – completed … Read More
Family raise almost £4,000 to create Laura’s Room
9th November 2021
A new room for families of people with cancer has been created in memory of a woman who was cared for by staff at the Queen’s Centre in Cottingham Laura Cook Almost £4,000 was raised by the family of Laura Cook, 38, after she died of breast cancer in March to thank staff on Ward 30 and they decided they wanted to create a relatives’ room outside the ward. Laura’s mum Liz Gelder, her father … Read More