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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Queen Elizabeth Hospital workers scared to challenge smokers outside baby unit
Staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital are wary of challenging people who smoke outside the hospital entrance, the hospital’s boss has admitted. Ben Travis, the chief executive of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, told a panel of Greenwich councillors on Thursday that staff had reported “difficult experiences” when challenging smokers, who stand outside the entrance, which […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital under ‘phenomenal pressure’ in 2020, bosses say
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich has been under serious pressure for nine out of the first 10 working days of 2020, one of its senior managers told Greenwich councillors on Thursday night. Kelly Lewis-Towler, its divisional director of operations, spoke of the “phenomenal” pressure on the hospital as she and Ben Travis, the chief executive […]
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NHS winter crisis bites early after black alerts at Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals
Health bosses have moved to reassure patients after both Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Lewisham Hospital reached full capacity this week, triggering a “black alert”. Black alerts are issued when a hospital is “unable to deliver comprehensive emergency care”, according to the NHS’s official definition. It usually means the ambulance service is asked to take patients […]
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