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Coming into hospital

Patient Information Leaflets

Postural Hypotension

This leaflet explains what happens when you have a sudden drop in blood pressure when changing position and offers guidance on how to prevent and manage symptoms.

Reduce Your Risk of Falling in Hospital

This leaflet contains advice and information to help us to reduce your risk of falling

The Safe use of Bedrails

Information for patients, relatives and carers

You have fallen today and we would like to help you - Head Injury

We accept you or your relative/carer has declined an examination today. We would still like to help you with some advice about your injury

You have fallen today and we would like to help you - Soft tissue injury

We accept you or your relative/carer has declined an examination today. We would still like to help you with some advice about your injury.

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Staff Benefits

Hull York Medical School

Y&S Hospitals Charity

Providing care together in York, Scarborough, Bridlington, Malton, Whitby, Selby and Easingwold communities

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Help us keep everyone safe this winter

We’re asking everyone to please help protect our patients, visitors and employees during the winter months.

If you’re feeling unwell, please don’t visit our hospitals - even for appointments or to see loved ones, unless it’s in exceptional circumstances such as end-of-life care or maternity.

Colds, flu, Covid and norovirus (sickness and diarrhoea) can spread easily and cause serious illness in vulnerable patients.

Please only come in once you’ve been free of symptoms for at least 48 hours.

When you do visit:

Wash your hands with soap and water when you arrive and before you leave the ward (hand sanitiser alone is not enough).
Please don’t sit on patients’ beds, or eat and drink at the bedside.
And if you’re asked to wear a mask, please do so.

Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe this winter.