Hospital appointment? Here’s what you must do
10th June 2020
Coming to hospital for your outpatient appointment? Here’s what you need to know to keep safe. We’re restarting some clinics but we need everyone to follow new measures to protect you and our staff during Covid-19. From Monday, (June 15), the Government has announced all patients and visitors to hospital – so, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull Women and Children’s Hospital, Eye Hospital, the Queen’s Centre Castle Hill Hospital and East Riding Community Hospital as well … Read More
‘COVID-19 has had a huge impact on our volunteers service’
3rd June 2020
National Volunteers Week is being celebrated a little differently at Hull Hospitals this year It’s national Volunteers Week, and under normal circumstances, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust would be thanking its 475-strong army of volunteers this week with the usual cream tea celebration. Carol and Pat volunteer in Oncology (photo taken pre-COVID) But with coronavirus still very much doing the rounds, the situation is anything but normal, and this has massively affected how the … Read More
Statement regarding the death of a staff member from COVID-19
29th May 2020
Chris Long, Chief Executive of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Adrian Cruttenden, an administrator within the medical records team at our organisation. Adrian died after falling ill and being admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary on 4th May. Tests confirmed the presence of COVID-19. “Unfortunately, while in hospital, Adrian subsequently suffered a stroke from which he was unable to recover, and he sadly … Read More
“We had to become COVID experts overnight”
28th May 2020
They’re always on hand to support the health and wellbeing of hospital staff, but nothing could have prepared Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s occupational health team for the arrival of COVID-19. The 16-strong team is well versed in responding to crises and outbreaks, but the speed at which the pandemic was evolving and the resulting demands placed on the team were completely unprecedented. Carole Hunter, Head of Occupational Heath for Hull University Teaching Hospitals … Read More
Online antenatal classes deliver their first Zoom babies!
27th May 2020
Video link might not be the way most mums-to-be would expect to be taking their antenatal classes, but the unusual method of birth education has now produced some of its first ‘Zoom babies’ in East Yorkshire. Back in March, maternity staff from Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust were forced to reconsider how they cared for babies and mums-to-be in light of the emerging coronavirus pandemic. Women attending antenatal screening are now asked to attend … Read More