Yay, please go and have a listen if you would like a sneak peak insight into my life and work โบ๏ธ and a huge well done to the amazing @nursehgray who somehow whilst being an ITU nurse through a pandemic always manages to find the time to do so many amazing things on the side?!๐
Welcome to Professor David Barron, the new chief of paediatric and congenital cardiac surgery at @GSTTnhs!
As a Trust, we provide a comprehensive service to patients with congenital heart disease from before they are born and throughout their lives ๐
evelinalondon.nhs.uk/about-uโฆ
ALT Head shot image of Professor David Barron. He is wearing a blue shirt with a striped tie and is smiling.
Congratulations to Dr Aaron Bell, consultant paediatric cardiologist, who received the Trust Care Award in December 2024 for individual service to patient care!
Would you like to nominate someone for a Trust Care Award? evelinalondon.nhs.uk/contactโฆ
All children deserve compassionate and evidence based healthcare. Banning access to medication for one of our
most vulnerable groups to score political points, knowing the harm this will cause, is nothing other than disgustingly cruel discrimination. Trans kids deserve better ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Please retweet and help us recruit people from the Black Caribbean community whose voices are currently under-represented in our Bereavement study. Everyone deserves equitable bereavement care ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
1/ People from the Black Caribbean community are under-represented in our recruitment.
It's important that their experiences are included in our research so that bereavement services are developed to meet their needs too.
ALT A recruitment poster for a research study. The image shows six people's hands coming together in fists in a display of support and unity.
The text reads:
Join our research study
Equitable Bereavement Care for All
Have you experienced a bereavement and are you from a group other than White British?
We want to hear from you to help us develop bereavement services to meet the needs of people from all ethnicities.
We are conducting short interviews and group discussions.
There will be a ยฃ20 voucher for taking part.
Please visit the link below to find out more.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/equitable-bereavement-care-for-all
Or email us at bereavement.study@kcl.ac.uk
The logos at the bottom are 1) King's College London, 2) University of Sheffield, 3) Funded by NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research)
This is a great innovation and Iโm sure it will be really helpful in supporting parents and families with a new diagnosis of #CHD@EvelinaLondon@RBandH
๐ Exciting news! The Psychology Team at Evelina London is launching a Take a Breath group specially crafted for parents of children with newly diagnosed cardiac conditions.
Starting the first round of sessions w/c 8th April, email paedcardiopsychproject@gstt.nhs.uk to refer.
NHS leaders for the South East and London have today decided that Evelina London will provide the specialist cancer treatment centre for children living in south London and much of south east England.
In partnership with @NHSsoutheast and following consultation, a decision has been made on the future location of specialist childrenโs cancer treatment services in London and much of the south east of England.
england.nhs.uk/london/2024/0โฆ
Are you travelling by @SouthernRailUK this weekend? My friend Lucie desperately needs your help. She has spent nine months hand making this beautiful quilt out of disused kimono silk for her oldest friend's brand new baby:
Many of our staff are lifesavers, but perhaps none more so than our paediatric intensive care team and @STRS_Evelina. They are the worthy winners of the โTake pride in what we doโ award for their expert care of babies, children and families when itโs needed most #TeamGSTT
ALT members of the PICU and STRS teams accept their award from Chief Nurse Avey Bhatia and apprentice nursing associate, Daniel Garcia
Every winter we see our services at breaking point due to illnesses caused by viruses such as RSV. An RSV vaccination programme could be transformative.
We need your help to persuade the UK Government to make this a reality.
Sign our open letter today! rcpch.eaction.org.uk/RSV
ALT A canva card stating: Take action. Sign our letter calling on the government to roll out an RSV vaccination programme!
This is the devastating story of just one family
Mo was a medical student on elective at Oxford university and returned to Gaza
If you can donate a few pounds to help Mo and his family in Gaza please do ๐๐ป
gofund.me/efbeeb45
Little appreciated outside of hospitals is that for departments @evelinalondon to run well, we need really effective operational management
So people like Kiki Tse, our service manager, are an essential part of the paediatric cardiology team
#heartmonth
This Valentine's Day we want to spread the love for our brilliant heart services.
The service has an international reputation for treating heart problems in children of all ages, from before they are born right through to adulthood.
#TeamGSTT#HeartMonth
ALT "We have become the largest children's heart service in the UK since merging our services in Evelina London, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. I'm very lucky to be able to work with a diverse group of brilliant healthcare professionals." - Dr Marylin McDougall, clinical director, children's cardio-respiratory and intensive care
Once upon a time, most of this would have ended up in the sharps bin, an environmentally costly waste stream.
Bio-bins are amazing with savings in plastic used, cost to the Trust, road miles associated with disposal and more ๐.
Am a big fan ๐ฅณ.
bio-bin.co.uk/