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BBC News
6 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Castle Hill Hospital expands virtual reality therapy
A hospital in East Yorkshire is offering the use of virtual reality (VR) equipment to cancer patients and their loved ones to help them Hill Hospital offered the tech to young patients being treated in its Teenage and Young Adult Unit last headsets transport users to relaxing landscapes such as beach, mountain and forest settings and the Northern proved so popular that the Cottingham hospital has invested in more equipment to extend the project to other cancer patients and will also hold a taster session for loved ones and carers. Dr Jennie Ormerod, from the hospital, said: "Studies have shown that the same parts of our brain are [as] activated in virtual environments as they are in real-life settings."Last year the Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance provided £1,600 to the hospital to buy the VR "fantastic feedback", the cancer psychological team invested in more equipment so patients of any age and their family, friends and carers could experience it as well. Dr Ormerod said: "A cancer diagnosis can be really difficult to come to terms with and treatment can sometimes be gruelling, so we wanted to be able to offer something to help our patients regulate their emotions and put them in a better place psychologically."Patients can book to use the headsets at the Macmillan Information Centre on Tuesday afternoons from 3 June.A drop-in session will also take place at the centre on 24 June for anyone interested in testing the headsets. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
09-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Couple retire as volunteers in Hull and East Yorkshire hospitals
A married couple have retired after working for years as hospital and Linda Gedney have carried out a variety of roles at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital over the past Gedney would meet and great people in the infirmary's main building, while Mr Gedney worked in the hospital's emergency staff and other volunteers held a leaving ceremony with gifts and cards. Mr Gedney said life would be very different after spending so many years at the hospital."You don't often see the impact you have on other people, but it's been lovely to be a part of people's lives and to see people flourish", he said."And to be that listening ear when people - patients, families and staff - have needed it."Mr Gedney, who has been volunteering since 2002, won an award from the hospital trust last year for "going above and beyond".He was also part of a team of volunteers who visited wards to see how they worked from a patient's couple said they planned to spend more time relaxing and enjoying holidays with their to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
