#TeamBartsHealth blogs

Dr Olusegun Olusanya recalls caring for Covid-19 patients at the height of the pandemic.

I have learnt to recognise and cherish diversity throughout my life, and from an early age growing up in a polygamous family and attending one of a few Unity Secondary Schools established by the Nigerian Government to help foster unity in a country with hundreds of languages and dialects: I have lived within a world that is beautifully diverse. It set my values and my expectations for how you live and appreciate others in this world. 

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, many different services in hospitals around the country have had to adapt and find different ways of working to care for patients.

In this blog post we hear from Grace Njoku about the experience of the Community Diabetes Service at Mile End Hospital. We also hear from Amy Shlomowitz about the experience of Covering type 1 patients at both Mile End/Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew’s.

Grace is the Lead Diabetes Nurse for Community Diabetes and Amy is the Type 1 (& Insulin Pump) Diabetes Nurse Lead for Barts Health. They complement each other in their various services thereby ensuring high quality care for all the patients.

To mark Volunteers' Week on 1-7 June, we spoke with Saeed Absia, a marketing professional and a volunteer at The Royal London Hospital.

Saeed provides us with an insight into his role, what a typical day looks like, and what he enjoys the most about volunteering.

To mark Volunteers' Week on 1-7 June, we spoke with Harris Nageswaran, a medical student at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and a volunteer at The Royal London Hospital.

Diana Markham, clinical lead dietitian at Newham Hospital shares her experiences of working in the Dietetic Department during the Covid-19 pandemic.

My name is Heena Patel and I’m an orthoptist at Whipps Cross Hospital. I’m based in the Eye Treatment Centre and have been working here for 9 months now.

To mark Volunteers’ Week on 1-7 Jun, we spoke to Ellie Williamson from Canning Town who, after being furloughed from her job, decided to volunteer at her local hospital to offer help during the pandemic.

To mark Volunteers' Week on 1-7 June, Kitty Murdoch, an A-Level Chemistry teacher from Stratford, blogs about what made her choose to become a volunteer at Newham Hospital and why she loves the job. 

Many of our staff selflessly stepped up and volunteered themselves to be redeployed into new departments across the trust and this included clinical nurse specialist Carmen Zerafa.