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£250,000 available to improve patient experience across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill hospital

We are looking for a range of projects and initiatives, large and small, from NHS staff, with values ranging from £50 to £50,000. This is your chance to make a real difference for your patients.

Do you have a creative or practical idea to improve the patient experience at Hull Royal Infirmary or Castle Hill Hospital?
We are committed to enhancing every stage of the patient journey, ensuring it is as accessible and dignified for all.

We welcome impactful proposals that will have a direct and positive impact on your patients and their families.

This is your chance to turn ideas into reality. Whether you are seeking £50 or £50,000, your idea could transform the care and experience of your patients. If it improves comfort, dignity, accessibility, or wellbeing, we want to hear from you.

What could you bid for?

A few ideas to get you thinking!

Promoting Comfort and Dignity

• Improvements to patient waiting areas
• Enhancements that protect patient privacy and dignity
• Items such as specialist chairs, bedding, or lighting
• Initiatives designed to improve the experience of vulnerable patients

Enhancing the Hospital Environment

• Creating welcoming, calming, and therapeutic spaces
• Decorative items, sensory features, or environmental improvements to support wellbeing
• Improvements to waiting areas, wards, and communal spaces
• Projects that reduce anxiety and promote healing
• Enhancing the patient day: entertainment, distraction or communication tools

Strengthening Communication

• Enhance communication with patients and families
• Visual aids to help explain treatments and procedures