News from Whipps Cross Hospital

Waltham Forest Mayor Cllr Karen Bellamy talks about her experience as a breast cancer patient at Whipps Cross and encourages people to donate to her fundraising cause.

"What Whipps Cross has done for me over the last two days has been outstanding..."

Players from the Spurs Women and players from local football club Leyton Orient visited our young patients on Acorn Ward.

In a message to Barts Health staff, group chief medical officer Alistair Chesser thanks them for their resilience and outlines how our hospitals will manage the pressures this winter.

We spoke to Consultant JC about his role, highlights from the past few months and how he feels about being awarded Star of the Month. 

60 seconds with Holly Eastlake, matron at Whipps Cross.

Along with new videos for working with patients with learning disabilities, the Children’s Emergency Department at Whipps Cross invested some external funding to improve the environment of the department.

Our maternity department at Whipps Cross Hospital has launched its new tobacco dependence service for pregnant women wanting to quit smoking.

Robin Klassnik OBE who is a long time resident and regular Whipps Cross patient has agreed to guest-curate a collection of artworks for permanent display in our On-Call rooms.

We spoke to Remi Odejinmi, medical director at Whipps Cross, about how things are going since she joined in the summer as well as the challenges and priorities for the hospital.