A bubble gun might not be a vital part of every doctor’s kit, but for Caroline Ponmani, children’s emergency medicine consultant at our Trust since 2014, it can be just the thing to turn things around with an indignant toddler.
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Families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have shared their experiences at Queen’s Hospital, and views on what could be improved, in a meeting instigated by Margaret Mullane, MP for Dagenham and Rainham.
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Our Sexual Health team at Barking Community Hospital has improved the way patients access care, offering faster support after introducing a new system where patients are first assessed by a specialist nurse.
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The group, who completed a range of apprenticeships, university degrees and continuous professional development, were recognised at a graduation ceremony at Queen’s Hospital. Completing these courses helped improve their skills and leads to safer care and better experiences for our patients.
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Our work to reduce waiting times for patients, thanks to our high-volume ‘super weeks’, has been shortlisted in the theatre and surgical nursing category of the Nursing Times Awards.
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The dedicated unit provides a specialist space for around 360 local people who come into hospital for regular blood transfusions and red cell exchange procedures, which take several hours.
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