News from St Bartholomew's

In this blog, St Bartholomew's BAME network co-leads Celina Mfuko and Prisca Duah reflect on the Black Lives Matter movement.

In a webinar with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), Sir Michael Palin has shared his “wonderful experience” at St Bartholomew’s following a heart operation at the hospital late last year.

Many of our staff selflessly stepped up and volunteered themselves to be redeployed into new departments across the trust and this included clinical nurse specialist Carmen Zerafa.

A team from St Bartholomew’s Hospital has established a new screening programme for patients requiring urgent cardiac care during the Covid-19 outbreak.

A donation of £20,000 from Barts Charity will leave a legacy of improved health and wellbeing at St Bartholomew’s Hospital beyond the coronavirus pandemic, including funding training courses for mental health first aiders across the site.