September/October 2024 National Breastfeeding Week is this week (18-24 September) and focuses on the theme: ‘Everyone has a part to play in helping mums to breastfeed’. If you work with new parents or carers, please help spread the word about…
September/October 2023 To tackle loneliness and social isolation in Newham, our colleagues in the Community Neighbourhood Link Worker team have launched three fantastic pilot projects this month: Chatty Benches, Chatty Cafés and Men in Sheds (pictured). Part of the ‘Be…
September/October 2023 During the week leading up to this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day (Sunday 10 September), we worked with partners to host a number of workshops and coffee mornings to provide vital support and resources to many residents struggling…
September/October 2024 Stoptober takes place during the month of October each year and offers a fantastic opportunity to encourage smokers to quit with the help of specialist support. Following Stoptober in 2022 we saw a 58% increase in people signing…
Barts Health NHS Trust held the first ever WeImprove awards this week to celebrate outstanding examples of quality improvement across the Trust’s hospitals. After receiving over 100 nominations from all five hospitals and corporate services, the judges announced an additional…
At a recent ‘share and learn’ session for the Well Newham Challenge project groups, the importance and benefit of collaboration between our hospital and the local borough was highlighted once more. The challenge, which launched in July this year, is…
