#TeamBartsHealth blogs

A personal tale of how a young man’s life was transformed by the chance to learn and work in our hospitals became the highlight of the latest Trust board meeting.

Doctor Mark Winwood, principal psychologist from our psychological support service at Barts Health talks about the evidence around reducing alcohol and maybe use Dry January as a catalyst for more long term health improvement.

Andy Hamer is a pre-operative nurse at Whipps Cross Hospital. But a few weeks ago, he was on the other side of things when he had knee replacement surgery at the Gateway Surgical Centre at Newham Hospital.

Alcohol awareness week ran from 21 – 27 November this year. As a Trust, we are tackling stigmas around addiction and seeking guidance, especially around the festive period where social drinking, family bereavement and mental health difficulty can all play a part in consumption.

60 seconds with Holly Eastlake, matron at Whipps Cross.

Meet Newham Hospital's new Christian Chaplain. 

Hear from Ricarda Tillmann, paediatric neuro-orthopaedic physiotherapist at The Royal London Hospital, who recently won the Linda and William Hamilton Annual Dance Wellness Symposium award for her work on dance as a physical activity for children with cerebral palsy.

To mark World Stroke Day on 29 October, Collin a stroke survivor who received care at The Royal London and Whipps Cross Hospitals, shares his experience and raise awareness about stroke. 

In Summer 2022, we joined Health Data Research UK’s Black Internship programme. The initiative is aimed at Black people who are recent graduates or are completing their undergraduate degree. The programme aims to tackle underrepresentation of Black people within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers.

Earlier on this year in June we celebrated “Dietitians Week”.