Four-hour visiting slots introduced at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital
26th July 2021
Partners will be able to visit pregnant women and mothers and their newborn babies in hospital for up to four hours from today. Hull Women and Children’s Hospital is introducing four-hour visiting slots in the morning and four-hour visiting slots in the afternoon from today (Monday, July 26). Four-hour visiting slots are replacing one-hour slots following intensive work by Hull University Teaching Hospitals (HUTH) NHS Trust’s maternity team to keep all women and newborn babies … Read More
Major recruitment campaign hailed a success by Hull’s hospitals
21st July 2021
Hull’s hospitals are bucking a national trend after attracting 2,000 new members of staff to work at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has recruited 900 registered nurses, 990 health care support workers and 110 medical consultants in the past five years. Twenty medical consultants, 260 registered nurses and 300 health care support workers have been recruited in the past 12 months, despite the pandemic. The trust is … Read More
Hull surgeon who saves children’s faces presents his work to an international audience
16th July 2021
A Hull surgeon saving children whose faces have been destroyed by an infection caused by extreme poverty and malnutrition is to showcase his work to a global audience. Mr Kelvin Mizen, a maxillofacial consultant at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has spent more than a decade treating children in Ethiopia with Noma, a bacterial infection which can lead to gangrene. Now, Mr Mizen has been invited to give a lecture to an international audience … Read More
Covid-19 restrictions remain in force at Hull hospitals
15th July 2021
All patients, visitors and staff must continue to wear face masks and maintain social distancing when they come to Hull’s hospitals from next week. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is advising people that they must wear face masks and keep two metres apart from others at all times in all hospital buildings. Visiting restrictions will also remain in place, although they will be reviewed regularly by senior staff. Chief Executive Chris Long said: “We … Read More
Hull begins major research project to improve treatment for blood cancers
30th June 2021
Doctors in Hull are to undertake major research aimed at improving the treatment of people with blood cancers. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and the Universities of Hull and York have been awarded £2.3m to help people with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) and High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (HRMDS). Around 500 patients will take part in the study – funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the research partner … Read More