Chief Executive’s stakeholder update

Our Chief Executive, Tony Chambers, thanks our partners, discusses the experience shared by an ICU colleague and mentions our success of beating a national target for super-stranded patients.

Each week, we provide a snapshot of our reality on our website. It shows, at a glance, the impact of Covid-19 on our hospitals. As Magda Smith, our Chief Medical Officer, put it so soberly at a virtual meeting with our MPs last week, “we all want this to peak; we’re not there yet”.  

Our Chief Executive, Tony Chambers, shares his first stakeholder update of 2021. Tony reflects on the pressures we’re facing, the response of our staff and the work being done to help us prepare for the future.

I hope you have managed to have some rest during the Christmas period. You’ll be well aware of how challenging it has been at our Trust and in our neighbouring ones in north east London. I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you the text of a message I sent this afternoon to all our staff.

We are coming to the end of a year that has been like no other in recent memory. The Tier 4 restrictions that were imposed over the weekend will have a significant impact on the Christmas plans of many of us. We have to hope that the sacrifices we’ll all endure in the coming weeks will result in a reduction in infections in our communities and a lessening of the load on our hospitals.

Our Chief Executive, Tony Chambers, shares his delight at the opening of our vaccination hub at Queen’s Hospital earlier this week, which is a historic milestone in our fight against the virus.

Our Chief Executive, Tony Chambers, discusses the Covid-19 vaccine roll out, how we are keeping our patients safe and praises our amazing workforce.

Our Chief Executive, Tony Chambers, welcomes our new Chair, discusses the Covid-19 vaccine staff roll out and shares what we are doing for the international 16 days of actions against domestic violence.

Our Chief Executive, Tony Chambers, gives us an update on our latest board report, the Paediatric Emergency Department at King George Hospital and our four-hour emergency access standard.

Our CEO, Tony Chambers gives us the latest update on the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme, the transformation of our Stroke service, our Endoscopy Optimal week and much more.