Routine operations and outpatient appointments cancelled
18th March 2020
Non-urgent outpatient appointments and routine surgery at Hull’s hospitals will be postponed from today to allow staff to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is cancelling some elective procedures and outpatient appointments following a national announcement by NHS England to free up 12,000 to 15,000 hospital beds around the country. However, emergency operations and admissions, cancer treatment and clinically urgent work will still go ahead. Cancelling non-urgent operations and outpatient … Read More
Midwife collects thousands of crisp packets to help bereaved children
10th March 2020
A midwife at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital has collected thousands of empty crisp packets from staff and patients to help children who have lost a parent. Kim Preece started collecting crisp packets after a neighbour set up Bereaved Children Support in York. Now, Kim, a midwife on Maple Ward, has collected thousands to be sent to a well-known crisp manufacturer for recycling, saving them from landfill, while raising money for the charity. She said: … Read More
More support for patients diagnosed with a brain tumour
3rd March 2020
A new support group has been set up to help patients diagnosed with a brain tumour and their carers. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s Living with and Beyond Cancer Team has begun running the monthly sessions to provide practical advice and emotional support to patients and their loved ones. Macmillan associate practitioner, Claire Walker, says the meetings have been tailored to meet the needs of these two specific groups: Meetings are held at the … Read More
Lead midwife helps mum in labour outside hospital during visit by Chief Midwifery Officer
28th February 2020
Lead Midwife Lorraine Cooper sprang into action during a visit by England’s most senior midwife when a woman gave birth outside Hull Women and Children’s Hospital. Lorraine was sitting in her car waiting to drive Chief Midwifery Officer Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent to Paragon Interchange when she spotted the woman about to give birth in the car park. A midwife for 25 years and now Lead Midwife at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Lorraine rushed … Read More
Polly is the 100th baby to be born at Hull’s Fatima Allam Birth Centre in 2020
19th February 2020
Staff at Hull’s birth centre are celebrating a record-breaking start to the year after the 100th baby was born there in just six weeks. Hessle couple Lorna Easton, 23, and Steven Clarke, 25, opted to have baby daughter Polly at the Fatima Allam Birth Centre at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital. Baby Polly arrived in the world under water on Monday, weighing 7lb 3oz, with midwife Eloise Taylor on hand. Today, hairdresser Lorna said: “We’d … Read More