Electrifying new partnership to benefit local NHS staff
11th September 2024
A new partnership will see local NHS staff encouraged to make the move to an electric vehicle. As part of wider plans around sustainability, NHS Humber Health Partnership has teamed up with eco-smart tech manufacturer, myenergi, to offer employees a significant discount when purchasing a zappi EV charger. The partnership will help to accelerate the NHS’s transition to electrification, while also providing a smart, reliable, future-proof solution to enable staff to charge at home. Pictured: … Read More
Respiratory project identifies significant undiagnosed COPD
11th September 2024
Early findings from a collaborative project between Hull’s respiratory team and international biopharmaceutical group, Chiesi, were presented at an international conference this weekend. Respiratory nurse specialists Kayleigh Brindle and Karen Watkins joined Professor Michael Crooks in travelling to Vienna to present at the 2024 European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2024. Here, they addressed thousands of delegates with exciting early findings from the FRONTIER project, in which patients who previously attended an NHS Lung Health Check and who … Read More
Hospital group wins £10m contract for therapy service
10th September 2024
Around 21,000 people impacted each year by musculoskeletal problems such as back, knee and elbow pain are to benefit from a new service delivered by specialist physiotherapy and pain management teams in Northern Lincolnshire. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, part of NHS Humber Health Partnership, has just been awarded a £10.2m contract in partnership with Connect Health to deliver pain management and musculoskeletal (MSK) services for the next four years. Hospital-based and community … Read More
Hull Hospital staff and friends support WISHH at the Great North Run
6th September 2024
On Sunday 8th September, fourteen individuals forming #TeamWISHH will be heading to Newcastle upon Tyne for the fantastic Great North Run, known as the “World’s biggest and best half marathon”. With 60,000 runners taking part, the race will see participants running the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle and finishing in South Shields. The fourteen-strong team includes Hull Hospital staff from the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Plastic Surgery, Medical Oncology, Cardiology, Theatres and nurses across a … Read More
Parents missing out on Healthy Start vouchers
2nd September 2024
Families in Hull are missing out on thousands of pounds of financial support to help them buy healthy food. The “Healthy Start” voucher scheme was introduced to help people buy fruit and vegetables, milk and claim free vitamins from 10 weeks into pregnancy or until their child was four. However, between £250,000 and £350,000 is going unclaimed every year in Hull alone because people don’t realise they’re entitled to the support. Joanna Melia, Public Health … Read More