Whittington Health NHS Trust

Thank you to all our staff who are working this Bank Holiday to keep our services running and the community safe! 💙

Our Emergency Department is for life threatening emergencies.

If you need help, but you're unsure where to go:

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Remember NHS 111 are there for you if you need urgent care that isn't life-threatening, and your GP is unavailable.

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Remember.

If you think you need medical help, but it is not an emergency, 111 are here to tell you what to do next.

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Remember to order and pick up your prescriptions in good time this week ahead of the bank holiday weekend. 💊

Join our FGM awareness and de-fibulation workshop!

This unique study day is aimed at clinical health care professionals to improve awareness, understanding, and our
health care responsibility towards women and families affected by FGM.

Hear from from high profile national and international speakers, survivors as well as a hands-on workshop for de-infibulation.

Click here to find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/2Ems50T13YC

We are hiring!

Come and join a Trust that has been rated good by the CQC and outstanding for caring in an inner London location 💙

👉 Associate Director of Nursing & Islington Borough Lead

Click here to apply: https://ow.ly/X93M50SZjfl

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐇 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐁...

UCLH - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and Whittington Health have a long history of working together to benefit patients and staff and have now agreed a shared vision for even closer collaboration moving forward.

One area where our teams have worked together for many years is the tuberculosis (TB) service based at Whittington Health. The services offers screening and treatment for TB, aiming to make it easier for people to get treated and also to reduce the number of cases of this infectious condition.

Globally, TB is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19, with more than 10 million people falling ill with TB every year and 1.4 million dying globally. Around 4-5,000 people are reported as having TB in England each year. Early diagnosis, treatment and contact-tracing are key to make sure that people can recover and the infection doesn’t spread to others.

The UCLH and Whittington Health TB services forms the ‘South Hub’ of the North Central London TB network. Based in a purpose-built clinic at the Whittington, it is staffed by clinical staff (drs, nurses and microbiologists) from both organisations including clinic leads Dr Tino Capocci and Lusha Kellgren.

The service offers outpatient and inpatient services for TB patients including those with complex medical needs, such as children, prisoners, HIV and TB infections together, homeless people and multi-drug resistant TB. Since starting in 2019, the team has held over 23,000 patient consultations and treated over 1,300 people with TB, including those with latent TB who have the infection but don’t have any symptoms.

Every Thursday the whole team gets together at the Whittington for their MDT where they discuss new diagnoses across both UCLH and the Whittington, as well as in the community. All patients attending the TB service are eligible to take part in research and the team is very proud of the numerous studies that have been carried out to improve the diagnosis, care and treatment of people with TB.

Staff at both UCLH and Whittington Health have access to each organisation’s IT systems through honorary contracts which means that patient information can be shared where needed with the right safeguards in place.

Dr Mike Brown, divisional clinical director for infectious diseases, said,

“The TB service is a fantastic example of partnership working in practice for the benefit of staff and patients. As one service, we bring together expertise from across UCLH and Whittington Health and, crucially, we have enabled many more patients to be involved in research studies to improve treatments.

“Initially we thought that working on different IT systems could be a challenge, but we have worked around this to make it a (mostly) smooth process and not an IT headache. We really are one big happy clinical family, and I can regularly be spotted cycling between Highgate and Warren Street to see patients and colleagues.”

A recent patient also agrees that the service is working really well,
“It feels like this is the way all departments should be run - it is very efficient and happy and everything runs like clockwork,” they said.

𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐇 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐁...

UCLH - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and Whittington Health have a long history of working together to benefit patients and staff and have now agreed a shared vision for even closer collaboration moving forward.

One area where our teams have worked together for many years is the tuberculosis (TB) service based at Whittington Health. The services offers screening and treatment for TB, aiming to make it easier for people to get treated and also to reduce the number of cases of this infectious condition.

Globally, TB is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19, with more than 10 million people falling ill with TB every year and 1.4 million dying globally. Around 4-5,000 people are reported as having TB in England each year. Early diagnosis, treatment and contact-tracing are key to make sure that people can recover and the infection doesn’t spread to others.

The UCLH and Whittington Health TB services forms the ‘South Hub’ of the North Central London TB network. Based in a purpose-built clinic at the Whittington, it is staffed by clinical staff (drs, nurses and microbiologists) from both organisations including clinic leads Dr Tino Capocci and Lusha Kellgren.

The service offers outpatient and inpatient services for TB patients including those with complex medical needs, such as children, prisoners, HIV and TB infections together, homeless people and multi-drug resistant TB. Since starting in 2019, the team has held over 23,000 patient consultations and treated over 1,300 people with TB, including those with latent TB who have the infection but don’t have any symptoms.

Every Thursday the whole team gets together at the Whittington for their MDT where they discuss new diagnoses across both UCLH and the Whittington, as well as in the community. All patients attending the TB service are eligible to take part in research and the team is very proud of the numerous studies that have been carried out to improve the diagnosis, care and treatment of people with TB.

Staff at both UCLH and Whittington Health have access to each organisation’s IT systems through honorary contracts which means that patient information can be shared where needed with the right safeguards in place.

Dr Mike Brown, divisional clinical director for infectious diseases, said,

“The TB service is a fantastic example of partnership working in practice for the benefit of staff and patients. As one service, we bring together expertise from across UCLH and Whittington Health and, crucially, we have enabled many more patients to be involved in research studies to improve treatments.

“Initially we thought that working on different IT systems could be a challenge, but we have worked around this to make it a (mostly) smooth process and not an IT headache. We really are one big happy clinical family, and I can regularly be spotted cycling between Highgate and Warren Street to see patients and colleagues.”

A recent patient also agrees that the service is working really well,
“It feels like this is the way all departments should be run - it is very efficient and happy and everything runs like clockwork,” they said.

How our partnership with UCLH is helping to deliver better care for patients with TB...

UCLH - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and Whittington Health have a long history of working together to benefit patients and staff and have now agreed a shared vision for even closer collaboration moving forward.

One area where our teams have worked together for many years is the tuberculosis (TB) service based at Whittington Health. The services offers screening and treatment for TB, aiming to make it easier for people to get treated and also to reduce the number of cases of this infectious condition.

Globally, TB is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19, with more than 10 million people falling ill with TB every year and 1.4 million dying globally. Around 4-5,000 people are reported as having TB in England each year. Early diagnosis, treatment and contact-tracing are key to make sure that people can recover and the infection doesn’t spread to others.

The UCLH and Whittington Health TB services forms the ‘South Hub’ of the North Central London TB network. Based in a purpose-built clinic at the Whittington, it is staffed by clinical staff (drs, nurses and microbiologists) from both organisations including clinic leads Dr Tino Capocci and Lusha Kellgren.

The service offers outpatient and inpatient services for TB patients including those with complex medical needs, such as children, prisoners, HIV and TB infections together, homeless people and multi-drug resistant TB. Since starting in 2019, the team has held over 23,000 patient consultations and treated over 1,300 people with TB, including those with latent TB who have the infection but don’t have any symptoms.

Every Thursday the whole team gets together at the Whittington for their MDT where they discuss new diagnoses across both UCLH and the Whittington, as well as in the community. All patients attending the TB service are eligible to take part in research and the team is very proud of the numerous studies that have been carried out to improve the diagnosis, care and treatment of people with TB.

Staff at both UCLH and Whittington Health have access to each organisation’s IT systems through honorary contracts which means that patient information can be shared where needed with the right safeguards in place.

Dr Mike Brown, divisional clinical director for infectious diseases, said,

“The TB service is a fantastic example of partnership working in practice for the benefit of staff and patients. As one service, we bring together expertise from across UCLH and Whittington Health and, crucially, we have enabled many more patients to be involved in research studies to improve treatments.

“Initially we thought that working on different IT systems could be a challenge, but we have worked around this to make it a (mostly) smooth process and not an IT headache. We really are one big happy clinical family, and I can regularly be spotted cycling between Highgate and Warren Street to see patients and colleagues.”

A recent patient also agrees that the service is working really well,
“It feels like this is the way all departments should be run - it is very efficient and happy and everything runs like clockwork,” they said.

LONG READ: How our partnership with UCLH is helping to deliver better care for patients with TB...

UCLH - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Whittington Health have a long history of working together to benefit patients and staff and have now agreed a shared vision for even closer collaboration moving forward.

One area where our teams have worked together for many years is the tuberculosis (TB) service based at Whittington Health. The services offers screening and treatment for TB, aiming to make it easier for people to get treated and also to reduce the number of cases of this infectious condition.

Globally, TB is the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19, with more than 10 million people falling ill with TB every year and 1.4 million dying globally. Around 4-5,000 people are reported as having TB in England each year. Early diagnosis, treatment and contact-tracing are key to make sure that people can recover and the infection doesn’t spread to others.

The UCLH and Whittington Health TB services forms the ‘South Hub’ of the North Central London TB network. Based in a purpose-built clinic at the Whittington, it is staffed by clinical staff (drs, nurses and microbiologists) from both organisations including clinic leads Dr Tino Capocci and Lusha Kellgren.

The service offers outpatient and inpatient services for TB patients including those with complex medical needs, such as children, prisoners, HIV and TB infections together, homeless people and multi-drug resistant TB. Since starting in 2019, the team has held over 23,000 patient consultations and treated over 1,300 people with TB, including those with latent TB who have the infection but don’t have any symptoms.

Every Thursday the whole team gets together at the Whittington for their MDT where they discuss new diagnoses across both UCLH and the Whittington, as well as in the community. All patients attending the TB service are eligible to take part in research and the team is very proud of the numerous studies that have been carried out to improve the diagnosis, care and treatment of people with TB.

Staff at both UCLH and Whittington Health have access to each organisation’s IT systems through honorary contracts which means that patient information can be shared where needed with the right safeguards in place.

Dr Mike Brown, divisional clinical director for infectious diseases, said,

“The TB service is a fantastic example of partnership working in practice for the benefit of staff and patients. As one service, we bring together expertise from across UCLH and Whittington Health and, crucially, we have enabled many more patients to be involved in research studies to improve treatments.

“Initially we thought that working on different IT systems could be a challenge, but we have worked around this to make it a (mostly) smooth process and not an IT headache. We really are one big happy clinical family, and I can regularly be spotted cycling between Highgate and Warren Street to see patients and colleagues.”

A recent patient also agrees that the service is working really well,
“It feels like this is the way all departments should be run - it is very efficient and happy and everything runs like clockwork,” they said.

Today is

There is still time to take your photo!

To get involved take a photograph to showcase the work you do, who you work with, or where you work within our trust.

Staff selfies, team huddles, artsy angles, we want to see it all!

Winning photographs will be chosen and shared at the end of August.

To enter upload your pic using the link in the comments below.

You can enter up to 10 photos.

For more information and to download our patient consent form visit our intranet or latest Noticeboard edition.

Whittington Health NHS Trust Consultant, Dr Ryan Mullally and patient, Roanna Maharaj, spoke to the Islington Tribune this week about Transfusion Dependent Thalassaemia and what a newly approved gene-editing therapy could mean to thousands of people across the country who live with the condition.

Read the article in our comments below! 👇

Are you in 2025? Thinking of using Whittington Health’s skilled and friendly services? Check out our new video tour of our Labour Ward: https://ow.ly/o8iQ50SYvxW

Congratulations to Perinatal Mental Health Midwife Danielle Hammar on being shortlisted for a Royal College of Midwives Award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Midwifery Services: Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH)' 🎉

Danielle has been working hard to establish our PNMH midwifery service over the last few years and has been an asset to our service users and staff.

Thank you for all you do and good luck Danielle!

Click here for more info 👉 https://www.rcmawards.com/shortlist-2024/

Live or work in Haringey? 🏠

Want to speak to one of our children's speech and language therapists? 📢

Use our new Haringey Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Advice Line! 📞

Call 0203 224 4399
Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm

(Please let us know if you need an interpreter)

Congratulations to Gemma Walsh CT/MRI Lead Radiographer at Wood Green Community Diagnostic Centre on winning a WeAreTheCity Rising Star Award! 🤩

Gemma received her award in the ‘digital’ category, for her “passion and work into radiographer workforce development”.

She said “It was a lovely surprise to be nominated, but to win was an even nicer surprise! I am grateful to have won this award and be recognised for the work I am doing, but equally pleased to bring awareness of the radiography profession into a space outside the radiography community.”

Click here to read more https://ow.ly/O9Oa50SO8na

This month (18 July to 17 August) is South Asian Heritage Month! 🎉

This years theme is "Stories to Tell". We honour the vibrant culture and contributions of the South Asian community.

Follow us to find out how we are celebrating throughout the month. 💙

We are honoured to be recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust.

This accreditation is from the Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA), and acknowledges our pledge to veterans in our community and in our workplace.

Find out more in the comments below. 👇

Are you a young Black man who has recently attended an outpatient appointment at Whittington Health?

We want to hear from you! 💙

Tuesday 30 July, 2:00pm at Whittington Hospital.

Receive a £30 voucher for taking part.

Email [email protected] to sign up.

Home Register to be a blood donor, give blood and save lives. Find out more about blood donation.

We're investigating the impact of the global IT outage on our systems here at . At present the majority of our systems and services are running normally.

More updates to follow here when we know more.

However, GP appointment and patient record systems nationally appear to have been affected.

If you have an appointment please do attend unless you are told otherwise. If you need help use 111 online or by phone and in an emergency call 999.

➡️http://111.nhs.uk