North Greenwich station, Charlton and Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be linked by bus 24 hours a day, seven days a week from tonight, with all-night buses being introduced on route 486. Buses will now run between Bexleyheath town centre and North Greenwich seven nights a week, providing the hospital on Woolwich Common with its first […]
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Charlton Athletic’s The Valley set to become mass Covid-19 vaccination hub
Charlton Athletic’s ground is in line to become a mass vaccination centre as the push to inoculate the public from coronavirus goes on. The Valley has been used as a Covid-19 testing centre since the beginning of the pandemic and is also hosting fast lateral flow tests for critical workers. There are currently just a […]
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Can you help raise £10,000 to support staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich?
Greenwich Council and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust have launched an appeal for cash to support staff and patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich as they deal with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. The council and the trust recently launched Project Hope, a scheme where businesses and residents could donate goods and services […]
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Covid-19 vaccine could come to Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals by Christmas
Stocks of coronavirus vaccine should reach Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals by Christmas, south-east London’s health service said earlier this week. The first people in the world were given the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine on Tuesday morning when the UK became the first country to start issuing the jab; the first patient to receive the treatment in […]
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Singing together, but apart: Lewisham and Greenwich’s NHS choir stay positive
With a stethoscope around his neck and a mask dangling from his ear, nurse Graeme Tyler is singing in a room full of rainbows. He had just finished his shift at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, and against the backdrop of colourful drawings in children’s A&E, Graeme recorded this scene for Lewisham & Greenwich NHS […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital cleaner faces sack over PPE row, union says
A cleaner at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich faces the sack because he complained about not being given PPE to wear, his trade union says. The GMB union says the man, who is employed by the outsourcing company ISS, was told he was not entitled to wear a facemask, even though he lives with his […]
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Covid-19 appeal: Help us raise £5,000 for staff and patients at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Just across the river, the new NHS Nightingale Hospital created inside the Excel centre will take its first coronavirus patients this week. But in Woolwich and Lewisham, the fight goes on to treat people who have been laid low by the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, 853 is launching an appeal to help the staff at Queen […]
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Coronavirus: Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals restrict visitor numbers
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust have imposed restrictions on visitors attending Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich and Lewisham Hospital in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Only one person at a time is allowed to visit a patient, with no children allowed, the trust announced this afternoon. As of 9am this morning, Public Health England […]
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