When Lesley began her NHS career in 1987 as a filing clerk at Barking Hospital, she was responsible for managing medical records and X-rays. In those days records were stored manually and X-rays came on heavy film.

We’ve been named Training Hospital of the Year by future surgeons from all three of the main orthopaedic training centres in north east London.

Congratulations to Iris ward at King George Hospital for receiving their second gold on our ward accreditation scheme.

Jas Athwal has become the latest MP to back our campaign for a new A&E at Queen’s Hospital after visiting the department and speaking to our staff about the pressure they are under.

Staff, their families and friends soaked up the sunshine at King George Hospital during our family fun weekend.

Six young people have secured jobs at our Trust as part of our trailblazing Project SEARCH scheme, which helps 17 to 19 year olds with learning disabilities and/or autism take their first steps into the workplace.

Our staff and communities marked Learning Disability Week (16 to 20 June) with a series of activities and events to help improve the experiences of people with learning disabilities (LD) in our hospitals.

Our annual plan for 2025/26 has been published, which sets out the work we’re doing towards improving patient care and staff experience via our six annual goals.

It’s Learning Disability Week (Monday 16 to Sunday 22 June) and Maggie Watkinson, a learning disability (LD) nurse who recently joined our team, has shared what inspired her to become a nurse after 14 years as a teacher.

The robots - named Elizabeth and Victoria after two of our most famous queens in honour of being based at Queen’s Hospital – pick and place medicines onto a conveyor belt.