As around one million Muslims return to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage, the most since the pandemic began, our Muslim chaplain, Sadaf Solangi, reflects on this important event in the Islamic calendar:

Accessibility is extremely important and we are committed to ensuring that we help everyone online to view content in a way that works best for them.

Two NHS trusts in north east London are strengthening their close collaboration through a series of key executive and Board appointments.

Our teams have been working extremely hard to see patients whose treatment was delayed by the pandemic. They’ve reduced those waiting for more than two years (104+ weeks) from 218 at the start of May to just three. These remaining patients have chosen to delay for their own reasons.

King George Hospital has seen its Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) transformed following a £5m investment, which will be crucial in helping us manage critical care demand.

People in north east London are being diagnosed with cancer sooner and are receiving quicker access to treatment thanks to collaborative work between NHS teams.

Tabassum Kokhar, honorary Muslim chaplain at our Trust, set off on her Hajj pilgrimage on Tuesday 28 June.

Our communities are an important part of our workforce with lots of our staff living within the boroughs we serve: Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge. Which is why we’re inviting local people to join us at our #BHRUT CareersFest this week.

This week [20 June – 26 June] is Learning Disability Week. We spoke to some of our colleagues who have benefitted from a work placement scheme, run by our partner, Sodexo, with New City College.

We held our annual Nursing, Midwifery and AHP (allied health professionals) Conference earlier this month, which focused on celebrating our diversity, as well as our achievements.