Birth partners now able to attend 20-week scans
5th October 2020
Birth partners will be able to join women for pregnancy scans from Tuesday (October 6) after measures were introduced to protect staff and patients from Covid-19. Maternity and sonography teams at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital have worked together for months to find a way for birth partners to attend 20-week scans. From tomorrow, partners will be able to attend the 20-week scan and see the unborn babies on a second screen, separate from scanning … Read More
Hull Royal Infirmary team performs world-first in keyhole surgery
1st October 2020
A Consultant Vascular Radiologist in Hull has performed a world-first in keyhole surgery to save a patient with a life-threatening aneurysm. Dr Raghu Lakshminarayan led a team including consultants, radiologists and anaesthetists along with Interventional nurses, radiographers, theatre nurses and ODPs, to save the patient by performing the world’s first fenestrated Altura graft at Hull Royal Infirmary. With his patient, a man in his 80s, now back home after the procedure, Dr Raghu said: “My … Read More
Hospitals plan for winter and second wave of Covid-19
21st September 2020
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is hoping to receive more than £3m of government winter funding to help Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital this winter. Seasonal illnesses like flu among an ageing population, falls caused by bad weather and viruses like RSV and bronchiolitis among children has resulted in major pressures on beds during previous winters. Plans for this winter are already in place with the threat of a second spike of … Read More
Construction work gets under way at Hull Royal Infirmary
17th September 2020
Work begins this week on the £60m transformation of Hull Royal Infirmary. A new, three-storey entrance, an assessment unit, modern pharmacy, restaurant, shops, improved facilities for parents of sick children and a multi-faith area will be part of the major construction programme lasting two years. Subject to both planning approval and business case approval, construction work is expected to transform the front of the tower block, a landmark building in Hull City Centre which has … Read More
Hospital staff launch flu campaign to protect patients
15th September 2020
Frontline staff caring for patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 are being prioritised as part of a campaign this year to protect vital NHS services and patients during the pandemic. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is launching a major vaccination programme to offer the flu jab to all clinical and non-clinical staff at Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull Women and Children’s Hospital, Hull Eye Hospital, the Queen’s Centre and Castle Hill Hospital. Last year, around … Read More