which are geographically isolated on two corners . That brings with it a lot of interesting statistics .”
There are high levels of deprivation in the area , high levels of diabetes and higher rates of lung cancer . The region is one of the 20 % most deprived districts in England , while 26 % of children come from lowincome families .
“ We have Scunthorpe in the middle , which is a big steel-producing town that has a mixture of urban areas and some very wide rural areas ,” Weavill continues . “ Then we have our Goole campus , which is an hourand-a-half away from Grimsby .” Hull Royal Infirmary is in downtown Hull , while the Castle Hill Hospital is situated in Cottingham .
Transformational technology in healthcare McMahon and Weavill are excited to bring about transformational technology to Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust . There have been several interesting projects in the last few years , including securing augmented reality glasses for community nurses .
“ We are one of five trust sets piloting the use of the NHS app for the Wayfinder project ,” says McMahon . “ This will enable the patients to have access to information on the NHS app . We are also working on four robotic processing automation tools to help with the processing of patient referrals and also help with the recruitment process within our organisations .” healthcare-digital . com 133