Barts Health staff named in London's most influential people list
Our influence on the health of Londoners has been recognised with four of our staff starring in the Evening Standard's Progress 1000.
Celebrating the most influential Londoners, Progress 1000 recognises those working to break down barriers and change London's future for the better.
Congratulations to:
Jessica Anderson
This year Royal London Hospital nurse Jessica Anderson ran the London Marathon in her NHS uniform, but was denied her title as the fastest marathon runner dressed as a nurse — because she was not wearing a dress. Guinness World Records (GWR) said her nurse’s scrubs did not match the uniform criteria, as its rules state nurses must wear a blue or white dress, a white apron and a nurse’s cap. Thousands tweeted in support of Anderson, branding the rules “outdated” and “sexist”, with hundreds of nurses posting pictures of themselves in their own scrubs under the #WhatNuresWear hastag. GWR duly backtracked and awarded Jess her rightful title.
Martin P Griffiths
Consultant trauma surgeon at The Royal London Hospital who was this year appointed as the NHS’s first clinical director for violent crime, leading efforts to deliver the “public health” approach to tackling the underlying factors driving the capital’s knife crime epidemic. Martin has championed preventative work for years, partnering with the St Giles Trust and visiting schools to warn pupils of the dangers of carrying a knife.
Professor Karim Brohi
Prof Brohi, a trauma surgeon at The Royal London in Whitechapel, is a new appointment to the London Ambulance Service board, and is also director of the capital’s major trauma network. The network, set up in 2010 in response to the 2005 July 7 terror attacks, has led to a 20 per cent reduction in the capital’s mortality rate from major trauma, and was vital in saving many victims of the Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park terror attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire. Brohi also founded one of the first medical websites on the internet, trauma.org, which provides open access trauma education and information to medical professionals around the world.
We're incredibly proud to have a diverse and caring workforce who every day make a difference to patients and colleagues. Show you care - nominate someone in our own Barts Health Heroes awards.
Professor James Lindsay
Professor Lindsay is a Consultant Gastroenterologist who runs the adolescent and adult inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) service at The Royal London Hospital. He is currently trialling stem cell transplants to grow a new immune system for people with untreatable Crohn’s disease and is chief investigator for a series of commercial trials in IBD.
We're incredibly proud to have a diverse and caring workforce who every day make a difference to patients and colleagues. Show you care - nominate someone in our own Barts Health Heroes awards.