The state of the nation’s sleep has come under scrutiny as more people admit they’re unhappy with the quality of their sleep.
As a result of this more people are saying it is impacting on their ability to function daily.
NHS partners across the Humber are breaking new ground with an innovation designed to help people lead healthier lives from their smartphone and tablet.
With more than 325,000 health apps on the market, there is now a solution to help residents of the Humber region find the best and safest ones, in the shape of an easy-to-use library on the web: humberhealthapps.co.uk.
ERYC has developed a new pilot which will help free up hospital beds and give residents the chance to gain back their independence after being discharged from the hospital.
The East Riding Social Care Suite will create a short-term facility for those individuals who are medically ready for discharge but are waiting for planned social care and support to begin.
Personal Training is one of the best ways to help you shed those post Christmas pounds. With the festive period over our minds are now focused on summer and also holidays.
For many, this will mean sunning yourself of the beach. But between now and then for most of us that means shedding some weight and toning up.
As families gather to celebrate Christmas, NHS Blood and Transplant is urging everyone to take the time to consider and take time to talk about their organ donation decision.
The call comes as it launches a TV advertising campaign to highlight the upcoming changes to the law around organ donation in England.
Christmas and New Year can be a busy time, which makes it easy to miss checking on your medical supplies.
Hull and East Riding GPs are asking people to order repeat prescriptions early to make sure they have enough to tide them over the holiday period when some GP Practices and pharmacies are closed.
Hull and East Riding students are taking a hands-on approach as they get the chance to experience an assortment of NHS roles.
Students will learn more about the NHS at their ‘A Day in the Life of the NHS’ which is being held at the Hull Royal Infirmary.
Have you had a brilliant experience with a paramedic, music therapist or a dietician?
NHS Hull and NHS East Riding Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are looking for you to nominate your healthcare hero for an award – but there’s a twist!
Helen Calver owner of Renew Health and Fitness is one of the first tenants to move into Molescroft Surgery Annexe.
She says that taking space in the centre which opened earlier this year has been good for her business. She is also urging other healthcare professionals to consider offering their expertise there.
With the peak norovirus season approaching, NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is asking people with diarrhoea and vomiting to keep it to themselves and avoid GP surgeries and hospitals.
Although it can be caught at any time of the year, norovirus is often referred to as the winter vomiting bug as it is more common throughout winter. It is one of the most common stomach bugs in the UK and affects people of all ages.
Local NHS organisations are once again working together to showcase some of the innovations and amazing healthcare teams there are across the region, as the Hull and East Riding Health Expo returns to the DoubleTree by Hilton, Hull on Thursday 10 October, from 10am until 3:30pm.
Now in its fourth year, the Hull and East Riding Health Expo is an annual exhibition and celebration organised by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Hull CCG, City Health Care Partnership CIC and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
The winter nights will soon be creeping in and East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s public health team is urging people who are eligible for the free flu vaccination to take up the offer.
Free flu jabs are available for people aged 65 and over, people aged from six months to less than 65 years of age with a long-term health condition, pregnant women, children aged from two to ten years.
A new website has been launched to help improve heart health among people living in East Riding of Yorkshire.
The Healthy Hearts website is designed to help people reduce their risk of stroke and heart attack, and help to lower the number of people dying prematurely from cardiovascular disease – a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels.
While the summer bank holiday is a welcome time for most of us, it also means some health services can be closed.
The East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is encouraging people to visit their local pharmacy to stock up on over-the-counter medicines and collect any prescriptions so that they are prepared if they fall unwell.
As high pollen counts continue to soar, East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is reminding residents that local GPs won’t usually prescribe medicines for minor health concerns like hay fever, aches and pains, coughs and colds and sunburn.
Local people who need to see a GP or physiotherapist over the Easter bank holiday period will be able to do so for the first time this year.
Routine care appointments, with a doctor or physiotherapist, will be offered from the East Riding Improving Access hub at Manor Road surgery in Beverley on Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.
Patients across the Humber are benefitting from more joined-up healthcare. This is thanks to the rollout of a new initiative to share information between NHS providers.
Healthcare professionals can now see up-to-date information about their patients. They can also even see this information if they’ve been treated somewhere else.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking residents to be more aware of the signs of cancer. Their appeal comes following the launch of their Cancer Awareness Project.
The council are hoping more people will spot the signs which will help increase survival rates. Figures show that if detected early people 81pc chance of survival. While if found later this figure drops dramatically to just 26pc.