Ealing Hospital A&E is getting a major upgrade this summer to increase capacity and improve safety. From my recent experience this is not before time – the staff are great but the facility is shabby and doesn’t work well.
Fuller report from Ealing Today.
The next Barnabas Patient Voices Open Meeting is on Saturday 18 July, 10:30, at the Medical Centre.
This meeting is being combined with a Coffee Morning and a Q&A session with our Clinical Pharmacist, Shazmeen Gulamhusein.
The current plan is:
All welcome.… more >>>
If you are unlucky enough to need a pharmacy over the bank holiday, you can find a list of all pharmacies which are open on both the May bank holidays online at https://securefile.cloud/MTgyOTc/PC-bulletin/29-April-26-2/finalcommissionedrotaformay2026.pdf
Just in case anyone needs it – and of course we hope you don’t – the list of pharmacy opening times over the Easter holidays can be found at http://rb.gy/myb64d.
Northwick Park Hospital has been ranked the most improved in London and one of the fastest improving in the country.
London North West University Healthcare (LNWH) has been named the most improved trust in the capital, and the seventh most improved nationally since April 2025, according to the NHS’s new national oversight framework.… more >>>
A report today by BBC that St Mary’s Hospital is crumbling, and there’s a survey to help shape the replacement.
See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwz2y3ye7po for more information.
The survey mentioned is at https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/st-marys-development.
UKHSA and MHRA have issued a reminder not to use the following four non-sterile alcohol-free wipes:
These products were all withdrawn from sale last year. However you may still have some in your first aid kit or bathroom cabinet – if you do, then please dispose of them in your household rubbish.… more >>>
Some may be interested in this upcoming drop-in event …
To everyone here, all BPV members, staff & patients of Barnabas MC …
However you celebrate
may you have an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas
and a healthy & happy 2026
As is usual, NW London NHS has published the list of pharmacies which will be open over the holidays. The list for the whole of London can be downloaded here.
