We’re marking International Day of the Midwife (Monday 5 May) with a special day of celebrations.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting praised our Urology service as ‘the future of what the NHS should look like’ when he visited King George Hospital to open a new one-stop shop at our Elective Surgical Hub.

Nurses dressed in 1940s uniforms, wards decked out in bunting, themed activity packs for our patients, and artwork and poetry displays from local schoolchildren are just some of the ways we’ll be celebrating VE Day.

We’re one of a number of trusts that has discovered there was a problem with the equipment we use to analyse HbA1c, a test used to diagnose and monitor diabetes.

Hannah Dalton, a critical care pharmacist at our Trust, ran the London Marathon on Sunday (27 April) despite having a visual impairment.

We’re opening a specially designed, calming room for children under 16 who are experiencing mental health issues at Queen’s Hospital.

After nearly a decade spent creating new routes into nursing, ‘growing our own’ staff from our local communities, and whipping our wards into shape, our Chief Nurse, Kathryn Halford, is moving on at the end of this month.

Tuesday 15 April marked a year since we opened our Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital.

Our consultant, Professor Gideon Mlawa, has been recognised for his outstanding dedication, leadership and contribution to global health.