All our teams are currently working extremely hard as we, along with the rest of the NHS, tackle Covid-19. That’s why we wanted to give our colleagues the spotlight, as part of our In Conversation With interviews, to share what they’re doing and the impact on them.

Maxine Howell (pictued left) is a pelvic health physiotherapist at our Trust. She is a presenter at our popular staff menopause events, run by our Occupational Health and Wellbeing team. Millions of women worldwide are affected by pelvic health issues. Here, Maxine debunks commonly-told phrases and explains the difference between what is common and what is normal when it comes to pelvic health. 

We’ve now got a full complement of lead healthcare scientists (HCSs), covering all the major areas: Jude Skipper, physiological sciences; Liz Crees, medical physics and engineering; and Funmi Akinlade, pathology.

The outbreak of Covid-19 has presented many challenges to the healthcare system, not least the urgent need to find safe and effective treatments to help patients recover from the virus. Our Trust took part in the national RECOVERY trial. Run by the University of Oxford, it aims to identify treatments that may be beneficial for patients admitted to hospital with symptoms of Covid-19. ​Research nurse Elisa Visentin explains more. 

Father-of-two Anilkumar Patel has been in King George Hospital for over 100 days after testing positive for Covid-19.

In a blog post for the Trust, Clinical Lead for Rheumatology Dr Louise Daniels writes how Rheumatology rose to the challenge running services during Covid-19.

Sheejo Malppan Johny, a phlebotomist at our Trust, is taking part in the Prudential RideLondon cycling event this weekend to raise funds for the King George and Queen’s Hospitals Charity.

We have a team of clinical nurse specialists who work with children with asthma; Laura King, Andrew Farquharson, and Rachael Young. With them only starting their posts between June to October last year, they were just getting established when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

A-level results were out across the country today (Thursday 13 August), and, at an unprecedented time of uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic, we’re joining the NHS across London in encouraging them to consider a nursing career.

Recently our Trust was able to introduce a seven-day mechanical thrombectomy service, thanks to the hard work of our Interventional Radiology team. A mechanical thrombectomy is a procedure used to treat acute stroke patients by removing blood clots from the brain.