The IPC team also visits wards often, making sure staff are bare below the elbows with no watches or jewellery, and that hand washing is strictly enforced to prevent germs from spreading.

Our Chair, Sarah Betteley, recently joined staff in our Maternity department at Queen’s Hospital to get an insight into how our teams work together.

Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health, visited Queen’s Hospital on Friday 10 April and saw how improvements in A&E have led to a reduction in patients experiencing corridor care by 10,000 hours.

Resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) will be on strike from 7am on Tuesday 7 April to 7am on Monday 13 April.

One of our long-serving nurses, Aine Crowe, has been shortlisted as practice supervisor of the year in the Student Nursing Times Awards.

Local people can now benefit from scans to measure their bone density and strength closer to home, thanks to a new DEXA scanner which has been unveiled at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.