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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
New £48m wound research centre to open
A university has been awarded £48m to build a world-leading centre for research into wounds. The University of Hull has been given funding to build the Wound Innovation Centre, which it says will research ways to improve life for people with chronic wounds. The NHS spends about £8.3bn a year on wound care - more than obesity and cancer, according to the university. Mat Hardman, professor of wound healing at Hull York Medical School and director of the new centre, said: "Current treatments for wounds are woefully inadequate and we now have an opportunity to change this." The centre will be based at the University of Hull and upgrades are planned at Castle Hill Hospital to provide premium facilities for early-stage wound treatment research. Malcom Burns, 66, from Withernsea, has an unhealed ulcer he got from a leg wound after tripping over a child's go-kart four years ago. Mr Burns said: "There have been times I've been walking around all day and my pain is at a nine or 10 and there's nothing I can do to make it feel better. I can't sleep and it is mentally very damaging." Mr Burns said current treatments do not work but he feels "more able to cope" and "more supported" after taking part in clinical trials with the University of Hull's vascular team. "It is so important that these trials and research into new developments in wound care continue," he said. Mr Burns added: "I believe this new centre will be a real asset to the region and will pioneer new wound care treatment that will bring relief to all those who are suffering. "It will really change lives." The research hub is due to open at the end of the year, a spokesperson for the university said. 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. Mental health and addiction research hub to open New tech to improve cancer detection and treatment Approval given for £18m medical diagnostic centre University of Hull
BBC News
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Forest project helping children with their grief
Outdoor activities like den building, tree climbing and campfire skills are being used to help bereaved children explore and talk about their Together in Grief Forest Project takes groups to woodland in East Yorkshire, where group leaders weave discussions about feelings into the has also launched an animated film, based on the children's artwork and experiences which it hopes will be used by schools and project, which has so far helped almost 120 children, is a collaboration between Fitmums and Friends, the Humber Forest School and the University of Hull. Sam Barlow, Fit Mums' founder said, "We want the film to tell people what we do. "But it's also a really good reflection of what children tell us would be helpful to them, their tips about how teachers could help them."Mrs Barlow started the project after seeing how her own children needed support after her husband Mike died, following a 13 year battle with cancer."The school was initially really good and compassionate, " she said."But as time went on, they became more isolated. If they became upset it was difficult to say something."And they both handled it differently. One wanted school to tell people what had happened. The other didn'tCharlie, 10, and Lara, 14 have both been to the Forest Project, attending once a week for four weeks at woodland near Meaux. Lara's dad had a brain tumour and died three years ago."He was one of the nicest people ever," she said."You've got the idea that they'll pass away but it doesn't mean that anything can prepare you for how you'll feel."At the Forest Project there was always someone to talk to. "Charlie was six when his "funny and playful" grandad died and said he did not know who to speak to when he missed him and felt he did not want to join in activities."At the Forest Project, we played games, I made a massive stick man, dug for clay and whittled sticks."There were so many people who had also lost someone, whereas none of my friends had lost anyone."The people who run it don't ask questions and it's a nice environment in the forest." The project says it aims to give children "a safe space to explore and express their grief" and 'learn ways of coping" as well as developing a sense of project is supported by The Ideas Fund, a grants programme run by the British Science Association and funded by Wellcome. It helps to test out ideas to address mental wellbeing 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.
