To mark International Day of the Nurses we’re delighted to celebrate the talented nurses who work at our Trust.

We’ve held a series of events this week in preparation for the King’s Coronation on Saturday 6 May.

The two largest trusts in north east London are responding to NHS pressures by working ever more closely together as an integrated group of seven hospitals.

We’ve held a second Gynaecology Perfect Week, treating double the number of patients during a normal week and helping to reduce our waiting lists.

As part of our International Clinical Trials Day celebrations, we're welcoming staff, patients and visitors to come and visit our Research team on Wednesday 23 May, between 10am and 3pm. 

Patricia Gladman, age 83 and a retired line dance teacher, recently recovered from a cardiac arrest and shared her views our new physiotherapy and exercise programme.

We celebrated our long-serving staff with an award ceremony recognising those who’ve worked at our Trust for 20, 30, and 40 years.

Linda Ross, 70, retired from our Trust earlier this month after 48 years in nursing, including training at our former King George Hospital site, and over 30 years at our Trust.

The Coronary Care Unit and Ocean B have achieved silver in our ward accreditation programme, and Iris ward has become the first to reach the threshold to be assessed for gold, as part of our drive to improve patient care.

We’re expanding how we help local young people find work, and finding innovative new ways to grow our own workforce, by introducing Project SEARCH across our hospitals.