December 2012
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On Friday 11 January 2013 the Paediatrics Physiotherapy Department is holding a recruitment open afternoon at Jack Tizard School in White City from 2:30–4:30pm.
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Chelsea footballers including Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Victor Moses visited Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster on Friday 21 December.
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The Peter Jones snowman, as featured in this year’s John Lewis Christmas TV advert ‘The Snowman’s Journey’, has been donated to Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster.
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Rainsford Mowlem Ward has won Chelsea and Westminster Hospital's Best Decorated Ward competition, which is held every year to help bring some Christmas cheer to patients who unfortunately have to spend the festive season in hospital.
20th
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We recognise that visitors are important to our patients’ wellbeing, but at this time of year the risk of visitors spreading norovirus (diarrhoea and vomiting—D&V), colds and flu is so high that we need to restrict visiting to ensure the safety of our patients and staff.
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The annual Friends Christmas Cheer Awards, which recognises members of staff and teams who have a happy, positive approach to their work and encompass our values every day, took place on Monday 17 December.
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96% of Chelsea and Westminster patients would recommend the hospital to their friends and family, according to the first month’s results of the Friends and Family Test.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital celebrated the festive season with a special Christmas event on Monday 17 December.
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Dr Adrian Bull has been appointed as the Managing Director of Imperial College Health Partners.
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Consultant Physician Dr Richard Morgan has received a prestigious award after being nominated by patients of his multi-disciplinary specialist spina bifida and hydrocephalus clinic at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
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The Times ‘Britain’s Top 100 Children’s Doctors’—published by the newspaper on Saturday 15 December—includes 5 doctors from the Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster.
7th
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TheGayUK and 56 Dean Street, the popular HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, are pleased to announce a brand new venture to bring sexual health information to your desktop, tab or Smartphone.
6th
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Staff from Chelsea and Westminster’s three HIV and sexual health centres hit the road to coincide with World AIDS Day on Saturday 1 December.
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More than 1,650 staff at Chelsea and Westminster have now had their flu vaccination to protect patients.
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Staff from 56 Dean Street, Chelsea and Westminster’s popular HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, broke their own HIV testing world record to mark World AIDS Day on Saturday (1 December).
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Join us tonight for a brand new episode of Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands tonight at 9pm on BBC3 and have your say during the show on our Twitter feed: ChelwestFT.
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Chelsea and Westminster has been named as 1 of only 5 hospitals in England with lower than expected mortality rates for 3 of the 4 mortality indicators measured in the Dr Foster Hospital Guide, an annual independent healthcare survey published today (Monday 3 December).
November 2012
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Staff from 56 Dean Street will be hosting a live web chat session tomorrow Saturday 1 December from 1–2pm during their attempt to break their own world record.
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More than 80% of people responding to the Shaping a Healthier Future public consultation about proposed changes to NHS services in North West London have supported Option A to designate Chelsea and Westminster as a major hospital with a full A&E service.
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Microsoft’s search engine, Bing.com, is today handing over its daily homepage to The Pluto Appeal, which aims to raise £1.5million for a ‘da-Vinci’ surgical robot to perform life-saving operations in the Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster.
29th
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Prime Minister David Cameron is publicly supporting 56 Dean Street’s attempt to break their own world record for the number of HIV tests given in a single day this Saturday 1 December to mark World AIDS Day.
27th
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This year’s inaugural Star Awards to recognise the outstanding individuals and teams of staff who make the greatest difference to our patients and hospital were a big success with almost 800 nominations from staff and patients.
26th
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On average more than 2.5 million people watched the six one-hour episodes of the BBC3 documentary series ‘Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands’ which were shown earlier this year.
23rd
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As a Foundation Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is more accountable to the local community and its staff through its membership—which totals more than 14,000—and the Council of Governors.
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Come along to G-A-Y Bar Old Compton Street to get a FREE Instant and confidential HIV Test and support our attempts to promote HIV awareness, reduce stigma and make history.
22nd
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The last of our Medicine for Members events for 2012 took place on Wednesday 21 November with a seminar on Dementia by Dr Richard Morgan.
20th
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More than 150 patients, visitors, Foundation Trust members and staff took part in the ‘Show us the way’ wayfinding consultation earlier this year by completing a survey or attending a focus group.
15th
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World Diabetes Day on Wednesday 14 November was marked at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital by the latest in our popular series of free health seminars for Foundation Trust members—‘Medicine for Members’.
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Professor Derek Bell, Director of Research & Development at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. Professor Bell is in the running to win the ‘NHS Quality Champion of the Year’ category of the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards 2012.
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Staff working in the Finance Department at Chelsea and Westminster have been shortlisted in 2 categories of the prestigious Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Awards 2012.
October 2012
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The list of candidates who have nominated themselves to stand for election to the Council of Governors in November’s elections has now been published.
10th
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in partnership with Managed Technology Services and Freeway Medical, won the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) Award for Innovation in Products for the development of a child focused “Paediatric Mobile Workstation”.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is the setting for the popular BBC documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands which is being repeated on BBC3 from next Monday 15 October.
8th
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The Shaping a healthier future public consultation about changes to NHS services in North West London finishes today Monday 8 October.
5th
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Winter flu vaccinations for staff began on Monday 1 October and vaccination clinics have been running all week. In the first four days 353 members of staff from all different areas of the hospital have had their flu vaccination.
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Members of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are invited to the latest in our series of free health events for Foundation Trust members—‘Medicine for Members’.
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The winner of a competition launched by 56 Dean Street, the Trust's HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, to offer members of the gay community the chance to design an innovative HIV awareness campaign aimed at gay and bisexual men has been announced.
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Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity has been chosen as the affiliated charity partner for this year's Multiplied Contemporary Art in Editions Fair at Christie's, South Kensington.
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A group of 10 young people took part in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital's new work experience programme INSPIRE in August.
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The West London African Women's Service has been shortlisted for the Health Service Journal Awards in the 'Patient Centred Care' category.
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The Chelsea and Westminster Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team has been shortlisted for the Nursing Times Awards 2012 in the ‘Emergency and Critical Care’ category.
September 2012
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The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Macmillan Cancer Support team hosted a fantastic “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” event in the main atrium of the hospital on Friday 28 September.
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On Thursday 27 September, Dr Jeremy Lewis (Consultant Physiotherapist) presented a Medicine for Members event on the Management of Shoulder Pain.
25th
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Chelsea and Westminster has won the ‘Best for Carers and Eldercare’ category at the Top Employers for Working Families Awards 2012.
21st
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Figures released by the Department of Health on the 20 September show that Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust was one of 16 trusts in London with no mixed sex accommodation breaches in August.
19th
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Cancer patients with diabetes need access to specialist diabetes care, a study at The Royal Marsden has revealed. The study was a joint project run by The Royal Marsden and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
17th
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Three of the young doctors who featured in the BBC documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands filmed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital are taking on a new challenge - running The Royal Parks Half Marathon in aid of The Pluto Appeal on 7 October.
6th
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights praise from patients in a report published today (Thursday 6 September), following an inspection of services at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 26 July.
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The new Chief Executive of Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, Tony Bell, started at the hospital on Monday 3 September. Tony Bell has over 30 years of experience in the NHS and joins Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital where he was Chief Executive since 2007.
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Chelsea and Westminster has been shortlisted in two categories of the Top Employers for Working Families Awards 2012—the Trust is in the running to win both both the ‘Best Employer for Flexible Working’ and ‘Best Employer for Carers & Eldercare’ awards.
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The third Medicine for Members event focused on proposed changes to NHS services in North West London. The free event was open to all patients and members of the public who have joined our Foundation Trust as members—nearly 30 members attended.
4th
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Dr Ann Sullivan, Consultant Physician at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, can be heard on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Inside Health’ programme at 9pm tonight (Tuesday 4 September) talking to presenter Dr Mark Porter about HIV in the UK today.
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David Erskine Ward, which is usually located on the 4th Floor of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, is temporarily moving into St Mary Abbots Ward on the 5th Floor of the hospital for a 6-week period from this Saturday 8 September to allow David Erskine to be extensively redecorated and re-floored in order to improve the patient experience.
August 2012
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Path to Success, a London-based charity, has donated a wheelchair for use by bariatric (weight loss) patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The charity, which was established in 2005, funds projects which have an immediate and demonstrable positive impact upon the health, welfare and educational prospects of young people and adults. Support is provided through fundraising and grant-giving to organisations that fulfil their charitable objectives.
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The Maternity Unit at Chelsea and Westminster is featured in a 1-hour documentary 'Britain by Night' which will be shown at 9pm on ITV tonight.
29th
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Patient and Public representatives on the Council of Governors at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital have launched a petition in support of the ‘Safe in our hands’ campaign to keep A&E and other vital services such as Maternity and Paediatrics at Chelsea and Westminster.
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The mother of a little girl who lost her leg when she was hit by a London bus will carry the Paralympic torch today. Sarah Hope and her daughter Pollyanna were both treated at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital by surgeon Simon Eccles following the crash in April 2007 which also killed Sarah’s mother, Elizabeth Panton.
24th
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Olympic legend and two-time Gold Medallist Daley Thompson, who visited Chelsea and Westminster Hospital recently to put more than 100 staff through their paces during a pre-Olympics lunchtime exercise class, is supporting the ‘Safe in our hands’ campaign to keep A&E and other vital services including Maternity at Chelsea and Westminster.
20th
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Today (Monday 20 August) Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is launching a new work experience programme called INSPIRE. It is the brainchild of Libby Wingfield (Volunteer Services and Work Experience Manager) and Staff Governor Maddy Than. The new programme aims to engage and inspire young people from our local community to consider a career in medicine and healthcare.
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Parents and visitors to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital are asked to note that the Paediatric Ambulatory Care Clinic (PACC) is relocating to Outpatients Department 4 from today (Monday 20 August). The clinic will run from this space until December. This is part of the ongoing development of the new Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster.
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New Chief Executive Tony Bell, who takes up his post at Chelsea and Westminster on 3 September, will be among the speakers at our Annual Members’ Meeting on Thursday 13 September.
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Members of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are invited to the latest in our new series of health events for Foundation Trust members – ‘Medicine for Members’.
6th
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital staff who took part in Danny Boyle’s spectacular opening ceremony for the London Games have been reliving their amazing experience.
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Hazem El-Refaey, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, is starring in a major new public art project initiated by The Photographers’ Gallery to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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A sexual health doctor at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has been sharing his expertise with the Somali community.
July 2012
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The return of the rain appeared to be something of a good omen at Sunday’s women’s cycling road race, as Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead took silver and became Team GB’s first medal winner.
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It was ‘business as usual’ at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital yesterday during the men’s Olympic cycling road race—even though road access to the hospital was severely restricted throughout the day.
27th
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The men’s and women’s Olympic cycling road races are taking place this weekend—Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July. These are major Olympic road events which will travel along Fulham Road and will pass Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on both the outward and homeward bound legs.
26th
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A grateful mother who helped raise £250,000 for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to thank the doctors and nurses who saved the lives of her prematurely born triplets carried the Olympic torch along the Kings Road in Chelsea today.
25th
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Following the success of the lunchtime exercise class in the hospital on Workout at Work Day in June, when Olympic legend Daley Thompson put more than 100 staff through their paces, another session took place at lunchtime today at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, led by Snowy Brooks.
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With only two days to go before the Olympics we caught up with Dr Claire Emerson (Consultant, A&E Department) who will be leading the team of doctors and physiotherapists who treat athletes who get ill or injured while competing.
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The Olympic Torch Relay will pass through the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on Thursday 26 July from approximately 1:20–1:50pm.
18th
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has been rated ‘Excellent’ for Environment, Food and Privacy & Dignity in the latest Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) assessment—results for every hospital in the country are published today (Wednesday 17 July) by the NHS Information Centre.
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A new awards scheme has been launched to recognise the great work that individual members of staff and teams do every day in the NHS in England.
17th
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If you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency and you live in the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, you can now call 111 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
13th
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With just 2 weeks to go until the start of the Olympic Games, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is getting ready for the Games period with plenty of information for patients, visitors and staff about how the Games will affect the hospital.
11th
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The Friends of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital’s sixth charity clay pigeon shoot will be held on Friday 5 October at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School in Pangbourne, Berkshire.
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A pioneering service to help women with female genital mutilation (FGM) has won two prestigious awards from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maternity (APPGM). The APPGM is a cross-party group which aims to highlight maternity issues in Parliament. It is serviced by the National Childbirth Trust which is the UK’s largest charity for parents.
10th
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The new Dermatology and Plastics Department at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has now re-opened following refurbishment. Dermatology moved into the new, improved area on Monday 9 July and Plastics will move into the new department on Monday 16 July.
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Annie Zunz Ward, which is usually located on the 3rd Floor of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, temporarily moved into St Mary Abbots Ward on the 5th Floor for a 4-week period last month to allow Annie Zunz to be extensively redecorated and re-floored in order to improve the patient experience.
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With only three weeks to go before the Olympics we caught up with Mr Simon Clarke (Consultant Paediatric Surgeon) who will be performing in the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July.
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The North West London Integrated Care Pilot (ICP)—in which Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a key partner—has been Highly Commended in a prestigious national awards scheme for its work in bringing together the care of people living with diabetes.
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Roads and public transport are expected to be very busy during the Olympics from 27 July to 12 August. Patients who are mobile enough, staff and visitors are encouraged to walk to the hospital where possible. Why not beat the congestion and get some extra exercise?
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2011/12 was a busy and challenging year for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. You can now read all about it in our Annual Report & Accounts for the last 12 months which was laid before Parliament on Monday 2 July and is now published on our website.
June 2012
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Chelsea and Westminster’s Quality Account for the 2011/12 financial year is published today on our website and also on the NHS Choices website.
27th
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Dr Mike Anderson, the Trust’s Medical Director, will be acting up as Chief Executive from Monday 2 July following the departure of Heather Lawrence OBE who leaves Chelsea and Westminster on Friday 29 June after 12 years as Chief Executive.
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A major project to refurbish toilet and shower facilities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital got underway this week.
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Chelsea and Westminster craniofacial surgeon Niall Kirkpatrick features in Channel 5 documentary ‘The Baby With a New Face’ at 9pm this Thursday (28 June).
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Transport for London (TfL) is advising that the leadership of the UNITE union has called for industrial action by bus driver and engineers.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will be taking part in a training exercise tomorrow, Friday 22 June from 10am—12:30pm to test its preparedness for a major incident.
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A British Medical Association (BMA) day of action is taking place today in response to the Government’s public sector pension reforms.
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It is highly likely that a 24-hour strike by some Unite union members will go ahead from 3am on Friday 22 June to 3am on Saturday 23 June.
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Patients in a central London borough will benefit from a new partnership between one of the best performing NHS trusts and the largest independent provider of community musculoskeletal (MSK) services to the NHS.
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Imperial College Health Partners, a company that aims to improve the health and care of the population of 1.9 million people living in North West London, is formed today.
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Olympic legend and two-time Gold Medallist Daley Thompson put more than 100 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital staff through their paces during a lunchtime exercise class today.
14th
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Annie Zunz Ward, which is usually located on the 3rd Floor of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, has temporarily moved into St Mary Abbots Ward on the 5th Floor for a 4-week period to allow Annie Zunz to be extensively redecorated and re-floored in order to improve the patient experience.
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Patients, visitors, Foundation Trust members and everyone else with an interest in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital were encouraged to take part in the ‘Show us the way’ wayfinding consultation which ended on 18 May.
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Chelsea and Westminster has been named as an Exemplar Centre for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention by the NHS VTE Exemplar Centre Network for its work in preventing blood clots.
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Heather Lawrence, Chief Executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is today confirmed as Non-Executive Director at the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts (Monitor).
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has been shortlisted in two categories of the Health Service Journal Efficiency Awards—winners will be announced on 25 September.
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Tony Bell OBE, whose appointment as the new Chief Executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was announced in May, will take up his post on Monday 3 September.
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Residents of Courtfield Gardens in SW5 are holding their annual summer garden party this month in aid of The Pluto Appeal to support the campaign to buy London’s first surgical robot for children at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
May 2012
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Staff at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will be providing services for patients as usual over the long holiday weekend when London celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
29th
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Chelsea and Westminster has been singled out by the Department of Health as one of just 59 NHS trusts nationally, and one of only a handful in London, that have no patients on a waiting list for longer than 12 months.
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The North West London Integrated Care Pilot (ICP)—in which Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a key partner—has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for its work in bringing together the care of people living with diabetes.
24th
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Congratulations to staff from 56 Dean Street, our hugely successful HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, who won the Health Communication Campaign of the Year category at last night’s British Medical Journal Group Improving Health Awards.
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Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley was given a special behind-the-scenes look at the new Chelsea Children’s Hospital yesterday and met with staff and patients on a tour of the state-of-the-art facilities.
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More than 2,100 people attended the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Open Day 2012, setting a new record for this increasingly popular annual event.
18th
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Health Minister Simon Burns visited Chelsea and Westminster Hospital yesterday (17 May) to hear about the implementation of a new ‘care bundle’ approach to the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which has been proven to reduce the readmission of patients to hospital.
15th
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BBC presenter Sophie Raworth announced the winners of the first Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards, sponsored by Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity, at an awards evening held at Chelsea Football Club on Monday 14 May 2012.
10th
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56 Dean Street is offering members of the gay community the chance to design an innovative HIV or sexual health awareness campaign.
8th
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Tony Bell OBE has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, one of the country’s best performing NHS trusts.
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Our latest ‘Medicine for Members’ seminar for Foundation Trust members—‘Addressing and managing the dementia epidemic’—was held on Tuesday 1 May.
April 2012
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All patients, visitors, Foundation Trust members and everyone else with an interest in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is encouraged to take part in our ‘Show us the way’ wayfinding consultation.
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This week is Sun Awareness Week and a new survey today reveals almost one in three women won’t be wearing sun tan lotion when they go abroad this year.
27th
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Congratulations to the winners of the first round of our new staff initiative Directors’ Den, based on the TV series Dragons’ Den.
26th
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It’s back! Come and join us at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from 11am–3pm on Saturday 12 May for our annual Open Day.
25th
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Our latest ‘Medicine for Members’ event for Foundation Trust members—a Dementia seminar on Tuesday 1 May– has proved so popular that it is now fully booked.
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An innovative programme of weekly singing workshops for pregnant women—Womb Song—is set to return to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in May.
24th
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96% of inpatients treated at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital would recommend the hospital to their friends and family, according to the results of the national NHS inpatient survey published by the Care Quality Commission today (24 April).
20th
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is now on the cycle routes of the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme with two new docking stations located to the side of Pizza Express on Limerston Street and to the side of the Fulham Road cinema, Drayton Gardens.
19th
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Patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital feel they are well looked after and that staff are attentive and caring, according to a report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) yesterday.
18th
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Did you know that Chelsea and Westminster has its very own Olympic Gold medallist? Nuclear Medicine Superintendent Radiographer Adrian Ellison was part of the men’s rowing four which won a Gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics—we had a chat to him with find out more.
16th
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Action for Blind People's Mobile Sight Loss Information Service will be outside Kensington Central Library on the Kensington Town Hall Forecourt, Hornton Street, W8 7NX between 10am and 4pm on Wednesday 25 April.
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More than 800 patients and staff voted for their top four values and a further 130 took part in a series of focus groups during our ‘Who do you think WE are?’ consultation campaign to define our values in February 2012.
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The shortlist for the first Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards is announced today. Almost 800 nominations were received from staff and patients and now 3 individual staff and/or teams have been shortlisted.
11th
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Six applications from frontline staff have been shortlisted for Chelsea and Westminster’s new initiative to encourage innovative ideas to improve the experience of patients—Directors’ Den.
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Members of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are invited to the second in our new series of health events for Foundation Trust members—‘Medicine for Members’.
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Congratulations to Alex Baker of Radio Chelsea and Westminster, our hospital radio station, who was shortlisted in the Male Presenter of the Year category of the National Hospital Radio Awards. Alex won a Silver Award in this category.
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The launch of the pilot of the new NHS 111 service in Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster is due to take place in May.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for this year’s CHKS Patient Safety Award—for the second year in a row.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted in 2 categories of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards 2012.
March 2012
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The search is on for the outstanding individuals or teams who make the greatest difference to our patients and hospital as we run the first Chelsea and Westminster Star Awards—made possible by generous sponsorship from Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity.
20th
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80% of staff who work at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital would recommend the hospital to their family and friends as a place to be treated—according to national Staff Survey results published by the Department of Health for every NHS trust in the country today (Tuesday 20 March).
16th
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We will be tweeting live at 56 Dean Street, our HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, next Tuesday 20 March from 1–5pm. You can join the conversation at www.twitter.com/chelwestft.
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Patients and relatives may have seen stories in the media this morning about increases in car parking charges at NHS hospitals.
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Chelsea and Westminster and our partners in the Fulham Road Collaborative—the Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton hospitals and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)—have been highly commended in a major national award scheme.
6th
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Laughter is often cited as the best medicine—and a new team of Giggle Doctors starting work in the new Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital certainly think it helps.
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Chelsea and Westminster and our partners in the Fulham Road Collaborative—the Royal Marsden and Royal Brompton hospitals and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)—have been shortlisted for a major national award.
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56 Dean Street, the Trust’s increasingly popular HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, has become the first NHS clinic to offer HIV home testing.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is the setting for the popular BBC documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands which has proved a big hit with up to 1 million viewers tuning in every week.
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Thank you to all Foundation Trust members and representatives from groups of patients and hospital volunteers who helped develop our values by taking part in the ‘Who do you think WE are?’ consultation in February 2012.
February 2012
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Thank you to all staff, patients and everyone else who has helped develop our values during the 'Who do you think WE are?' consultation campaign.
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The first ‘Medicine for Members’ event held on Wednesday 22 February has been deemed a huge success by all who attended.
15th
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Congratulations to staff and patient representatives from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital who were winners in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s first Dignity in Care Awards.
14th
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93% of patients would recommend outpatient services at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to their friends and family, according to the results of the national NHS outpatients survey published by the Care Quality Commission today (14 February).
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Professor Derek Bell, Director of the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Northwest London—based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital—hosted a visit to the hospital today by a group of delegates from the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre at Imperial College London.
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We have launched a new series of health events exclusively for Foundation Trust members—‘Medicine for Members’.
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If you’re settling in to watch episode 3 of Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands tonight at 9pm on BBC3, why not join us on Twitter as well?
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We were on site in our A&E Department on Saturday 4 February from 8pm–1am to post the events of the evening on our hospital Twitter feed ChelwestFT.
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A brand new unit for patients living with HIV—as well as oncological and haematological problems—has opened at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital today (Monday 6 February).
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The next stage in the development of the new Chelsea Children’s Hospital at Chelsea and Westminster has been reached following the opening of new facilities this week.
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We will be tweeting live from A&E this Saturday night. You can join the conversation this Saturday 4 February from 8pm–1am.
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Some of the world’s leading experts are gathering in London this week for an international summit meeting—The Future of Obesity Treatment—to discuss how to respond to the rapidly increasing global epidemic of obesity.
January 2012
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Join us for episode 2 of Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands—tonight at 9pm on BBC3—have your say during the show on our Twitter feed: ChelwestFT.
26th
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After 20 years as Chairman of the Children’s Hospital Trust Fund, Dr Martin Brueton has handed over to Paediatric Surgeon Mr Munther Haddad with Consultant Neonatologist Dr Gary Hartnoll replacing Munther as Vice-Chair.
25th
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Shadow Public Health Minister Diane Abbott MP visited 56 Dean Street, Chelsea and Westminster’s HIV and sexual health centre in Soho, today to learn more about our services.
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The first episode of Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands, which was filmed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, aired on BBC3 last night.
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The Maternity Day Assessment Unit (MDAU) at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has moved to a new location in the Antenatal Clinic on the First Floor (near Lift Bank B - by the escalators).
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We spoke to Lucy Hollingworth, 25, from Cheshire, who is one of the doctors who agreed to take part in the new BBC junior doctors documentary.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will be hosting a pregnancy and natural birth open day on Wednesday 25 January.
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The first episode of the new BBC documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands airs on BBC3 at 9pm next Tuesday 24 January.
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We want staff, patients and anyone else with an interest in Chelsea and Westminster to help us develop our values.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is the setting for the new BBC documentary series Junior Doctors: Your Life In Their Hands which will be shown in six one-hour episodes at 9pm on BBC3 on Tuesday nights—the series starts next Tuesday 24 January.
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Mark Norbury has been appointed as Chief Executive of Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity which raises funds for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital—he joins the Charity on 1 February.
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Congratulations to the winners of the latest round of the Trust's Council of Governors Quality Awards which recognise the contributions that staff make to improving the quality of patient care and the patient experience.
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Foundation Trust members are invited to get involved in two events this February.
16th
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A new electronic baby tagging system has been installed on the Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
12th
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Chief Executive of Dr Foster International, Tim Baker, visited Chelsea and Westminster Hospital today to present a special award following our strong performance in the latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide, an annual independent healthcare survey.
11th
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Following a competitive tendering process to identify best value for money and best quality of service, the Trust has awarded the contract for its Soft Facilities Management (FM) services (including catering, cleaning, portering, security etc) to ISS Mediclean for the next five years, with an option to extend for a further two years.
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Heather Lawrence OBE, Chief Executive of one of the country’s best performing NHS trusts, has announced that she will be leaving Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust this summer after 12 years at the helm.