#TeamBartsHealth blogs

Reflections on the Royal London 14/15th floor expansion

St Bartholomew’s Hospital medical director Edward Rowland explores the history of the hospital through past epidemics such as the Spanish ‘flu.

Merryl Lawrenson shares her memories of View Day and explains what the day means to the Barts League of Nurses.

The vital role St Bartholomew's has been playing in London’s Covid-19 response is just the latest chapter in the Hospital’s long history of providing care and support for Londoners in times of crisis, writes Will Palin, chief executive of Barts Heritage.

Ferenc Habermann, senior nurse in older person’s services and stroke care, discusses his journey to get to the role he is in now and his experience delivering care during the coronavirus pandemic.  

I want to take the opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary work nurses like you do.

Stephen, a 38 year-old teacher who lives with brittle asthma, diabetes and Crohn’s disease, was admitted to Bartholomew’s Hospital where he was tested positive for Covid-19. In this interview, he discusses his treatment and road to recovery.

Blessy Kurien, Ward Manager on the Acute Care Unit (ACU) at Newham Hospital, chats to us about what drove her to become a nurse and what advice she’d give to others considering the role.