How 25-strong hospital team saves Sammy-Jo from life-threatening pregnancy condition
13th May 2019
A hospital team saved a woman from bleeding to death after she developed a rare complication weeks before she was due to give birth to her baby girl. Mother-of-two Sammy-Jo Medcalf, 28, was told she had placenta accreta, a condition affecting fewer than two pregnant women in every 10,000 including reality TV star Kim Kardashian. Now, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has produced a video of the highly skilled team of interventional radiologists, obstetricians, … Read More
Advice for employers on handling bereavement in the workplace
9th May 2019
Free event for local businesses held in support of Dying Matters Awareness Week Whether you’re a colleague, a manager or a business owner, bereavement in the workplace is always a tricky subject; what do you say? What should you do? And how do you make sure your staff feel supported at the same time as keeping the wheels of business turning? As part of Dying Matters Awareness Week, local experts in this field will hold … Read More
After 45 years, nurse Carol still never knows what to expect on a night shift
9th May 2019
For Carol Rushton, one of the longest serving nurses at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the best part of her job is not knowing what’s about to come through the door. Carol, a senior perioperative practitioner, works nights in the theatres at Hull Royal Infirmary. Before midnight, she helps care for patients requiring routine surgery from needing their appendix removed to back surgery and the repair of perforated bowels. But, after midnight, only people … Read More
How Helen still loves her job – even after 46 years of nursing
9th May 2019
When you ask what she loves most about her job, Helen Tointon, a paediatric specialist nurse looking after children with respiratory problems, doesn’t hesitate. “Patients, families and my colleagues,” she says. It’s plain to see Helen still feels passionate about her job and her patients after starting her career at a time when the UK first entered the European Economic Community, an Elvis Presley concert in Hawaii was watched by more people than those who … Read More
How cardiac team is helping ‘last chance’ heart patients
8th May 2019
They are the patients who thought they had run out of options to tackle their breathlessness, chest pain, fainting and dizziness. But now, patients with heart disease are being offered the chance of improved health and a better quality of life at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust has become the third centre in Yorkshire and the Humber to perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for patients who were previously considered too frail … Read More