After receiving a record £6.5 million grant last year, our neurosurgery team has started using a brain scanning device called Forest 1. This world-leading research is a partnership between our Trust, Forest Neurotech, and the University of Plymouth, funded by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

Patients across Essex and east London can now access specialist treatment for severe erectile dysfunction closer to home, after we carried out our first penile implant procedures at King George Hospital.

Our staff marked Healthcare Science Week (9-13 March) with career talks for local students, insights into healthcare science specialties and sessions for staff to learn more.

Critical care consultant Mandeep Phull joined our Trust in 2018, with a plan to build our reputation for carrying out research, her passion. But in early 2020 the Covid pandemic hit and it seemed research would have to take a backseat.