Partners allowed to attend hospital appointments at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital
6th April 2021
A new “Pod” structure has been installed inside Hull Women and Children’s Hospital to create additional safe space allowing partners to attend scans and appointments. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been working for months on potential solutions to allow partners to accompany women to scan and antenatal appointments in line with new national guidance. Head of Midwifery Lorraine Cooper said: “Our focus has been on keeping the women and babies in our care, … Read More
How Captain Sir Tom has helped staff at Hull’s hospitals
1st April 2021
Work has begun on the construction of a £150,000 Health and Wellbeing Centre funded by some of the £33m raised for the NHS by Captain Sir Tom Moore and hospitals’ charity WISHH. The centre next to Nightingales Restaurant at Castle Hill Hospital will be open by the end of May to offer hospital staff a safe haven to relax and recuperate. Supporting the work of Up, the trust’s health and wellbeing programme, the new centre … Read More
Hospital teams unite to help patients needing surgery during Covid-19
31st March 2021
They came together as one team to provide the best possible care to patients requiring surgery in the midst of a pandemic. Thanks go out to all members of staff on Ward 9 at Castle Hill for their work as the trust faced the pressures of Covid-19. Before the pandemic, staff on the 34-bed unit cared for patients required orthopaedic surgery from replacement hips and knees to damaged shoulders. However, with most of our elective … Read More
Therapists swap skills to be there for their patients and each other
30th March 2021
Hospital therapists have taken on new roles during the pandemic to ensure patients with cancer can return home to their families as soon as possible. Occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy assistants make up the Oncology Therapy team looking after patients undergoing treatment for cancer at the Queen’s Centre, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham. Clinical Lead Physiotherapist Vijo Mathew has paid tribute to his team for their flexible and willing approach in response to the demands of … Read More
‘Administrative backbone’ of Hull Hospitals thanked for pandemic efforts
29th March 2021
Scores of hospital staff have been thanked for being the “administrative backbone” of Hull’s hospitals during Covid-19. Around 70 Ward Clerks have been redeployed to wards throughout the tower block, Hull Women and Children’s Hospital and Hull Eye Hospital for the past 12 months. And 37 Ward Clerks have stepped forward to work on different wards throughout Castle Hill Hospital as the trust has dealt with three separate waves of the virus since March 2020. … Read More