Some operations to resume as hospitals move to second phase of COVID-19
11th May 2020
Some operations and outpatient clinics at Hull Royal infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital will resume next month as hospital bosses prepare for the next stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) will reintroduce some non-urgent surgical procedures, investigations requested by GPs and outpatient clinics as part of its plans for the second phase of the outbreak. Patients with suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19 will be cared for in three … Read More
Key hospital meeting moves online
8th May 2020
Hospital managers in Hull are inviting the public to join them in their first ever online meeting. The Board of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will be trialing the use of video and telephone conferencing facilities for its May Trust Board meeting next week. Carla Ramsay, director of corporate affairs Carla Ramsay, Director of Corporate Affairs for the Trust, says: “In light of the current coronavirus pandemic, levels of interest in hospital activity and … Read More
Meet our heroes with brown cardboard boxes
7th May 2020
They are united by a purpose to keep hospital staff as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. For two months, the Supplies team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) have battled against global shortages to ensure ward staff have enough personal protective equipment (PPE). Thanks to the team led by Head of Procurement Julie Lumb, every ward and department has enough PPE to keep their staff and patients safe. Chief Nurse Information … Read More
Help keep Hull’s A&E for medical emergencies during COVID-19
5th May 2020
People will be turned away from Hull Royal Infirmary this week if they show up at A&E with minor injuries and illnesses to protect services for the COVID-19 pandemic. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is once again seeing an increase in people turning up at its Emergency Department when they could go elsewhere. While attendances fell to under 200 at the start of the lockdown, attendances climbed to 290 again last week. Chief Operating … Read More
Outpatient teams rise to the challenge
4th May 2020
Staff retrain, redeploy and reorganise to ensure patient care remains top priority during the COVID-19 pandemic For the hundreds of NHS workers involved in hospital outpatient services in East Yorkshire, the past few weeks have been anything but ‘business as usual’. As the scale of the effort required to respond to the coronavirus pandemic became clear in March, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust had to act quickly to protect its patients and prepare its … Read More