News from Newham

Hello my name is Faye and I work as an administrator in the antenatal clinic at Newham Hospital. I am 29 years young and I am an out and proud lesbian of colour.

By pooling staff and patients from three hospitals and introducing strict infection control protocols, the team at Barts Health has safely maintained its programme of curative cancer surgery during the Covid-19 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. 

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.