A year on from having deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to treat cervical dystonia, a movement disorder causing involuntary neck muscle contractions, Dave Foster, 67, can enjoy life again.

Amisha Adhia was on Sky News on Wednesday 18 February, launching a campaign to urge the NHS to do more to diagnose placenta accreta spectrum (PAS), a rare but potentially fatal complication of childbirth.

A stroke patient in A&E urgently needs a mechanical thrombectomy; the key teams and colleagues – Stroke, Interventional Radiology, radiographers, anaesthetists, porters and nurses – respond…and only a select few know this isn’t a real emergency; the ‘patient’, is actually trainee radiographer Prashant Limbachiya.

We’ll soon be helping the clinical scientists of the future start their careers at our hospitals.

We were invited by Barking MP Nesil Caliskan and joined by Ilford North MP Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who praised the opportunities we’re offering local people.

Our children’s ward at Queen’s Hospital and our Complex Discharge Coordinator have received awards for the outstanding care they gave to a young patient and her family.