Our maternity services at Queen’s Hospital have put their troubled past behind them and thanks to extra midwives, doctors and an improving culture have been rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – previously we were requires improvement. This means the CQC believe we are performing well and meeting their expectations.

Our HIV team marked World AIDS Day by offering patients, staff, visitors and shoppers quick finger prick tests, giving their HIV status in minutes, as well as having discussions about HIV care and prevention and busting myths and misinformation around the virus.

We welcomed Margaret Mullane, MP for Dagenham and Rainham, to Queen’s Hospital to see the progress we've made improving our maternity services.

We’ve launched a new thoracoscopy service to help diagnose lung cancer quicker.

Congratulations to the Sexual Health and HIV teams at Barking Community Hospital for winning our You Made a Difference award. 

We’re proud that two of our exceptional staff members have been recognised at this year’s Capital Clinical Support Worker Awards 2025, celebrating the invaluable contribution of clinical support workers across London’s NHS.

Endometriosis is a common disease affecting one in ten women. It occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside of the uterus.

Our game changing electronic patient record (EPR) is now live across our hospitals and other sites (including Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub), making us the last acute trust in London to go digital.

Resident doctors (formally known as junior doctors) will be on strike from 7am on Friday 14 November to 7am on Wednesday 19 November.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) launches on Saturday 8 November, taking us out of the digital dark ages.