The theme of this year’s World Patient Safety Day is aimed at improving safe maternal and newborn care. To mark it Gulnar Vasta (Gully), Senior Improvement Advisor at Barts Health, discusses how a new maternity safety programme aims to do just that.
We caught up with midwife Nicola Johnson to discuss her nomination for The Sun Who Cares Wins award and to highlight the important work she is being recognised for.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To mark it, we caught up with Jacqui Seaton, a Macmillan clinical nurse specialist in paediatric oncology, working on Rainbow Ward at Newham Hospital.
We talk to Mel Crawford, Operations Manager for Serco, who has very deservedly been shortlisted for an Unsung Hero Award, in the Estates & Ancillary category.
We’re chatting to Catriona Rowland about the great news that she’s been shortlisted for an Unsung Hero Award in the Mental Wellness Champion category.
Ahead of Internaional Dog Day on 26 August, our staff talk about the benefits they get from a visit from Dodger the therapy dog.
Ahead of International Dog Day on 26th August, Karen Green, a Barts Health volunteer, talks about her therapy dog Dodger and how he helps Barts Health staff and patients de-stress.
Jean Jones talks about having a shoulder operation at Newham Hospital, having had it cancelled previously because of Covid-19.
We caught up with Samantha Cook, who is a highly specialist critical care physiotherapist and a professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete, about the benefits of sport to her mental health.
This week we caught up with Paige Brown, the new violence reduction lead nurse at Barts Health. Paige’s role is being piloted by Barts Health across The Royal London, Newham and Whipps Cross hospitals. She gave us some insight into her role.