We’re excited to be taking part in the national Play in Hospital Week (Monday 7 to Saturday 12 October) – and our play specialists have lots of fun activities planned for our youngest patients.

It’s a very special In Conversation With this week, we spoke to one of our more musical volunteers, Patricia Ashford. You may have heard her play the piano beautifully in our atrium at Queen’s Hospital every Friday, but did you know Patricia was also once a nurse at King George Hospital?

Staff and volunteers at our Trust got involved in the World’s Biggest Coffee morning, hosting their own event to raise money for Macmillan on Friday (27 September).

We know there are lots of very interesting people in our Trust, whether through your work, your interests or your hobbies outside work. We want to get to know you and share your story.

During #AskAboutAsthma week, we spoke to Laura King, who joined our Trust three months ago as a children’s asthma clinical nurse specialist. She’s working with teams across our Trust to improve asthma care for our young patients.

Two wards at our hospitals have been recognised for providing great care and support to patients nearing the end of their lives, and their families.

If you’re at Queen’s Hospital this morning (Friday 27 September), make sure you stop by our stall which is selling delicious cakes, tea and coffee and even some healthy fruit, to mark Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning.

We’ve introduced a new team of clinical nurse specialists (CNS) to support local children living with asthma.

It was a real case of being in the right place at the right time for Jack Stevens, our lead nurse for emergency care and acute medicine, when he saved the life of a fellow motorist on Wednesday 4 September.