COVID-19 clinical trial shows encouraging results
1st May 2020
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NHS staff to thank the public
1st May 2020
For the past six weeks, the UK has been in lockdown. During that time, hospital workers at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been inundated with generous and kind offers of help and support from the public; everything from the production of PPE to donations of bread, toiletries, hot dinners, even Easter Eggs. Now it is the turn of hospital staff to say thank you back to the public and other key workers for … Read More
Chief Nurse asks people to stay at home to support #ClapForCarers
29th April 2020
Hull’s most senior nurse is appealing to the public to stay at home to mark the #ClapForCarers event tomorrow night. People have been coming to Hull Royal Infirmary on Thursday nights to take part in the national round of applause for NHS staff, carers and key workers. However, concern is growing that people are putting themselves and others at risk by making a non-essential journey to take part and are then failing to observe the … Read More
Still smiling behind the masks…
29th April 2020
Radiotherapy team pulls out all the stops to ensure cancer treatments continue As many hospitals look to re-start some elements of cancer treatment this week, radiotherapy staff in Hull have revealed how the COVID-19 pandemic has barely slowed them down. From the outset, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust made a commitment to ensuring critical services such and cardiology, stroke services and cancer care would not be adversely affected by the organisation’s coronavirus response. Now, … Read More
Nurses supporting Intensive Care families during COVID-19 outbreak
28th April 2020
A new nursing team has been created at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital to support families unable to visit their loved ones in Intensive Care during the COVID-19 outbreak. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) has set up the special nursing team, working seven days a week, to act as the link between families and clinical staff working in its five Intensive Care Units. Members of the team update families following doctors’ … Read More