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BBC News
16-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Future of Goole Hospital services to be discussed
People are being asked to give their thoughts on the future of Goole and District Hospital Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is holding a drop-in event at The Courtyard in the town on Wednesday 28 May between 11:00 and 15:00 BST to discuss healthcare options. A second event is being planned for were raised in December about the hospital when staff said they had been told a number of wards would be McConnell, from the Humber Health Partnership, said speculation in the town had led to anxiety but added "there are no plans to close the hospital". He added: "Goole is changing. People's healthcare needs are changing. The way the NHS and social care looks after people and treats people is constantly evolving."We need to respond and ensure healthcare services for the people of Goole and the surrounding area meet their needs into the future."Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust has previously said it would look at mobile CT and MRI scan provision and undertake a review of theatre said they would also assess whether Goole could be suitable to become a regional centre for some types of Cox, from the ICB, said: "The NHS is committed to keeping local services that Goole residents use in Goole."At the same time, we need to think more broadly about the future of healthcare here and make sure we have the right blend of services in the right places." 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
03-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
North Lincolnshire's health 'angels' to continue for another year
A team of nurses who helped nearly 200 people in North Lincolnshire access health services has secured funding to keep going for another 12 community inclusion team at NHS Humber Health Partnership was set up in 2023 to help those who do not have regular access to services due to their personal circumstances, such as vulnerable people and members of the travelling community, according to role includes hosting community drop-in sessions and visiting people living on the streets or in temporary date, the team - dubbed "the angels" - has seen 196 patients, who were previously not engaging with health services, the organisation has said. 'Rewarding job' Matron Laura Inglis said: "Sometimes it can take weeks or months before people will approach us, but we now have regular patients we see and have developed strong relationships with. "It's a rewarding job, getting people the help they desperately need," she Humber Health Partnership said feedback from those using the service had been very team is hoping to carry out more outreach work with rough sleepers over the next 12 months, the organisation added. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire 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
14-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Nurses helping Humberside Police spread organ donation message
Specialist nurses are working with Humberside Police to spread awareness of organ donation after sudden Russell and Joanna Pancarowicz, who are based at Hull Royal Infirmary, are training officers to raise the issue of tissue and eye donation with families who have lost loved ones in unexpected Russell said donation could help families find "something positive out of something so negative".According to the Humber Health Partnership (HHP), 16 families from East Yorkshire consented to organ donations between April 2024 and February this year, after their relatives were declared brain dead or died from cardiac arrest. The two nurses also look after organ donations at hospitals in Cottingham, Goole, Grimsby and Russell said: "No one likes to think of a loved one dying in violent or tragic circumstances, but unfortunately these terrible crimes and accidents affect families every day."We hope these training sessions will help police raise the issue sensitively with families."It may be that the victim wanted to donate in the event of their death and this is a way of us finding out how to uphold those wishes."Across Yorkshire, 373 patients received a life-saving or life-changing transplant between 2023 and 2024, HHP more than 100,000 transplants have been carried out since the creation of the Organ Donor Register in HHP said the UK-wide waiting list for a transplant was at its highest in a decade, at more than 7,900 people. 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.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Nurses helping police ask organ donation question
Specialist nurses are working with Humberside Police to spread awareness of organ donation after sudden deaths. Helen Russell and Joanna Pancarowicz, who are based at Hull Royal Infirmary, are training officers to raise the issue of tissue and eye donation with families who have lost loved ones in unexpected circumstances. Ms Russell said donation could help families find "something positive out of something so negative". According to the Humber Health Partnership (HHP), 16 families from East Yorkshire consented to organ donations between April 2024 and February this year, after their relatives were declared brain dead or died from cardiac arrest. The two nurses also look after organ donations at hospitals in Cottingham, Goole, Grimsby and Scunthorpe. Ms Russell said: "No one likes to think of a loved one dying in violent or tragic circumstances, but unfortunately these terrible crimes and accidents affect families every day. "We hope these training sessions will help police raise the issue sensitively with families. "It may be that the victim wanted to donate in the event of their death and this is a way of us finding out how to uphold those wishes." Across Yorkshire, 373 patients received a life-saving or life-changing transplant between 2023 and 2024, HHP said. Nationally, more than 100,000 transplants have been carried out since the creation of the Organ Donor Register in 1994. However, HHP said the UK-wide waiting list for a transplant was at its highest in a decade, at more than 7,900 people. 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. 'A little miracle': First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb 'I waited 12 years to save a stranger's life' 'My husband needed a kidney, so I gave him mine' 'My eye was saved by a placenta after acid attack' Humber Health Partnership Humberside Police
BBC News
02-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Women too 'embarrassed' by incontinence to seek help
Thousands of women could be suffering with incontinence and bladder problems because they are too embarrassed to seek help, a NHS expert has Rimmer, a clinical nurse specialist in urogynaecology at Humber Health Partnership, said more than six in 10 women would experience some form of include a sudden urge to urinate, waking up in the night to go the toilet or passing wee when laughing, sneezing or Rimmer said too many women were "suffering in silence" and urged anyone with symptoms to see a doctor or specialist. "Too many women feel too embarrassed or worried to ask for help, but taking that first step can make all the difference to their quality of life," she said."You don't have to suffer in silence. There are many ways we can help which don't involve surgical intervention and can be done by yourself in the comfort of your own home."Incontinence and bladder problems can be caused by a number of factors, such as childbirth, menopause, diabetes and conditions like multiple professionals claim one in four women over the age of 40 will experience can be referred to a specialist urogynaecology clinic at Hull Women and Children's Hospital for treatments or to learn how to manage the condition Rimmer said she saw about 1,000 women a year from East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire with incontinence and bladder problems. 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.
