Resident doctors have announced strikes from 07:00 Friday 14 November to 07:00 Wednesday 19 November. During this time services will be very busy. Please help the NHS help you by calling NHS 111 or visiting NHS 111 Online for advice. Hospital services will be affected: If it’s not an emergency, please stay away from your local …
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Category:Hospitals
New CEO for London North West Hospital Trust
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH), which runs Ealing, Central Middlesex and Northwick Park hospitals, will report to a new CEO from next April. Professor Tim Orchard, currently leads Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and has been appointed as the first group CEO of the new North West London Acute Provider Group. The …
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New Unit at Northwick Park Hospital
Northwick Park Hospital has been awarded money by the government to build a new 32-bed unit. Further details inthe hospital’s press release at https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/news/hospital-to-build-new-unit-8670 and a BBC report at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66249118.
Pressures on A&E
Received this from NW London NHS re current pressures on A&E. Some of you will already be aware, but our A&Es are under particular pressure at the moment. We are seeing a significant increase in health issues related to the hot weather and the very high pollen count in the area. We have published some …
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A&E Testing at Ealing Hospital
Patients attending A&E at Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals have been being tested for undiagnosed HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C – as part of a London-wide initiative. There were a combined total of over 450 patients testing positive, from more than 30,000 tests; those patients can now be treated for disease they didn’t know …
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Ealing Hospital to Offer More Support to Veterans
Ealing Hospital is aiming to work better for ex-armed service personnel both as staff and patients. More on Ealing Today.
Mask Policies
Many hospitals – and indeed other healthcare providers – have recently reintroduced the mandatory wearing of masks in their buildings. This is in line with the government’s current guidance that such policy is a local decision based on local risk assessment. However it is being reported (see this article in BMJ) that some providers are …
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Knee Replacement Surgery
According to the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) the number of NHS knee replacements has fallen in those areas which have introduced rules on weight and body mass index (BMI). The rates of surgery fell in all patient groups, not just in those who are overweight. This insistence on weight loss (and …
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Local Hospital Performance
NHS Tracker: How is the NHS in your area coping? Find out how your local NHS hospitals are currently performing with this app from the BBC at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59592551. It doesn’t say, but one has to assume the information presented is taken from publicly available NHS performance data.