We’re the first NHS trust in the country to achieve The 5% Club’s gold standard for our commitment to providing apprenticeship opportunities for staff.

Senior leaders from Barking and Dagenham Council visited our Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) to see how it’s benefiting patients.

Colleagues in seven units across our Trust are taking part in the team rostering trial and can choose when they work all of their contracted hours, as long as this meets staffing requirements on the ward.

On Friday 8 November, Andrew Rosindell, MP for Romford, and Mark Francois, MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, visited our stroke wards and interventional neuroradiology (a service which treats patients for neurological conditions including stroke).

The CCS Congress at Queen’s Hospital saw around 50 departments, including Pharmacy Production, Infection Control, Chaplaincy and Radiotherapy, show how they work with different wards and departments across our Trust.

November is Mouth Cancer Action Month and we’re the first in the country to start an innovative new project to speed up diagnosis of this form of the disease - using clinical photography.

We’ve held an official opening for our new combined SPECT (single-proton emission computed tomography)-CT scanner, which will help us provide more accurate diagnoses for our patients.

One of our consultants Professor Gideon Mlawa was invited to a special reception at St Jame’s Palace to honour the role international healthcare workers have in the NHS and across the world.

Our latest NHS Workforce Race and Disability Equality Standard data shows our hospitals are becoming more inclusive places to work.

Congratulations to the Frailty Unit at Queen’s Hospital, which achieved bronze in our ward accreditation scheme.