Our most recent ‘Bones R Us’ week saw us complete five times the usual number of joint replacements across just five days, operating on 51 patients, and is one of the key ways we are reducing our waiting lists. However, none of this would be possible without the work of our COPE team.

Our Ophthalmology team has been at the forefront of our determined focus on resuming planned care and tackling the backlog of patients waiting to get the care they need.

Jing Baldeo, a Sister on Tropical Lagoon children’s ward at Queen’s Hospital, and her seven-year-old daughter Maya have raised more than £650 for our charity by holding a sponsored haircut.

NHS trusts across the country have been hugely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and ours is no different.

Large numbers of routine procedures and appointments being postponed meant growing waiting lists and our patients waiting longer to get the care they need.

We’ve published our Annual Report for 2020/21, reflecting on a year like no other as we tackled the Covid-19 pandemic.

We are refreshing our clinical strategy and want to involve our communities in its development.

We are delighted that our first set of doctors have graduated from our Emergency Medicine Academy, a project set up by consultants in our Emergency Department.

A team of 12 consultants and registrars from our Trust completed the London Triathlon on Saturday (7 August), raising over £7,600 for Mind, including a further £1,600 in Gift Aid, in memory of Molly Sayer, 22, daughter of our Associate Medical Director Gabriel Sayer, who died unexpectedly in April this year.

Following the success of last year’s 3 Park Challenge, Tactical Command Administrator Shian Bowling is bringing back the event to fundraise for Mind.

Two of our nurses, Ray Goto, our HCA care certificate lead in the Intern team, and staff nurse Angel Toledo, have been accepted onto the professional nurse advocate (PNA) programme.