News from Whipps Cross Hospital

In November 2020, Whipps Cross Hospital had an ambition to create a Community Forum to support a stronger relationship between the hospital and the communities it serves.

HRH The Prince of Wales thanks hospital radio volunteers. The programme will be available on Sunday 4^th July at 2pm via the station’s website www.wxhr.org.uk and on mobile devices at wxhr.org.uk/player as well as on smart speakers via the TuneIn radio app.

“I have been working at Barts Health for 7 years now and I am pleased to see many changes have occurred in this time. When I walk the corridors I now see many more rainbow badges and lanyards and my colleagues wear them with pride as allies.

“I joined the Trust nearly two and a half years ago. With any change in environment, no matter how ‘out and proud’ you are,"

The way that the outpatient renal dialysis services, located at Whipps Cross, are provided to patients are due to change, in line with our vision for the renal services and in line with national strategic direction.

As part of the #OurWXpeople spotlight series, this week we are highlighting the great work carried out by the wellbeing team. We caught up with Myra Padua, Strategy Project Officer who has been redeployed to the team, to give us all the details.

We spoke to Stephen Kinghorn, Unit Manager in Pre-Operative Assessment and Teresa Aspinall, Staff Nurse in Pre-Operative Assessment about their redeployment to the vaccination hub at Whipps Cross.

As part of the #OurWXpeople spotlight series, this week we are highlighting the great work carried out by the domestic team. We caught up with Georgeta, Patient Ambassador, to give us all the details on the department.

As part of the #OurWXpeople spotlight series, this week we are highlighting the great work carried out by the governance team. We caught up with Sarah, Associate Director of Clinical Governance, to give us all the details on the department.

This week, the NHS Covid-19 vaccination hub at Whipps Cross Hospital, reached a significant milestone – they delivered their 15,000th Covid-19 vaccine.