News

May 2021

12th

• NHS to invite people aged 38 and 39 for life-saving COVID-19 jab

  The NHS COVID vaccination programme, the biggest in health service history and the most precise in the world, will open tomorrow (Thursday) to people in their thirties, with NHS.uk due to be updated at 7am.

5th

• Residents aged 40+ now eligible for walk in vaccinations

  Residents aged 40 and over - or otherwise eligible - can now be vaccinated against COVID-19 at walk in services in mass vaccination centres across eight North West London boroughs.

• Coordinate My Care lets patients share what matters most

  Help us to help you! As a nation, the art of having difficult conversations around advance care planning does not come easily. What would your thoughts, wishes and preferences be if you were in a life-threatening situation in the future? We need to know your wishes and preferences. By sharing them with us, you will help us to help you in an emergency.

April 2021

30th

• First ever digital PROMS in colorectal surgery

  The UK-first digital platform to improve outcomes for colorectal patients launched this week.

27th

• Hip replacement as day case

  The Trust has carried out its first hip replacement as a day case at the Chelsea site, following a similar successful operation at the West Middlesex site. This is one part of an improvement programme benefiting all hip patients.

20th

• Changes to visiting rules—19 April 2021

  In light of the current reduction in COVID-19 transmission and admission rates locally, as well as to reflect the Government roadmap of businesses and services reopening, the Trust has revised its visiting guidance and is adopting a socially distanced approach to visiting which was introduced on 19 April 2021.

March 2021

24th

• The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit vaccination centre at Westminster Abbey

  The Duke and Duchess visited to pay tribute to the amazing efforts of staff and volunteers in the rollout of the vaccine.

• Chelsea provides specialist access for patients suffering with Long COVID symptoms

  The Trust is delighted to be one of more than 60 sites across England, providing support for patients suffering with long term symptoms of coronavirus. The service opened this week.

22nd

• Advice about COVID-19 (coronavirus)

  The NHS in London and Public Health England (PHE) have put in place measures to ensure the safety of all patients and NHS staff while also ensuring services continue to be available to the public.

15th

• Two Trust projects shortlisted for awards

  Two projects of the Trust’s public health team have been shortlisted for prestigious HSJ Value Awards.

10th

• Covid-19 vaccination at Westminster Abbey and the Science Museum

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is supporting mass Covid-19 vaccination across North West London, working with the rest of the NHS. If you are called to have the vaccine, please take up the offer to protect yourself, your family, and your friends.

2nd

• Trust moving to nhs.net email system

  The Trust is aligning with the national NHSmail system, approved by the Department of Health, to enable closer integration with other NHS trusts, GP practices and government organisations. The migration will take place from 4–5 May.

• Paediatric/NICU Recruitment Open Day

  Are you a student paediatric nurse about to qualify from university or an experienced paediatric nurse looking for a change of career opportunity? Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic person striving to provide excellent nursing care? Would you like to further your education with numerous in-house study days and courses linked to some of the largest universities in London? Then come and work at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust!

February 2021

19th

• Troops help support us in our time of need

  The Military have joined forces with the Trust to help support frontline workers and keep our hospital services running smoothly.

10th

• Sir Elton John and Sir Michael Caine help the NHS promote COVID jabs

  Sir Elton John and Sir Michael Caine have united forces in a new video to encourage people to get vaccinated against coronavirus which was filmed at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

7th

• COVID-19 vaccine queries

  As a Trust, we are not currently providing the vaccine to members of the public and you are not able to book a slot to receive the vaccine. Questions should be directed to your local GP or the NHS website.

3rd

• CW Innovation: rapid advancement in remote care in response to COVID-19

  The COVID-19 pandemic created a need to innovate at pace and almost overnight, we have introduced a range of innovations, digital systems and platforms into our day-to-day functioning to help us continue to deliver safe, consistent and high-quality clinical care whilst helping to make things easier for our patients.

January 2021

29th

• Trust researchers help prove COVID vaccine effectiveness

  Researchers and staff at the Trust have played their part proving the effectiveness of the new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine.

20th

• Make Me A Medic course

  We are delighted to be running the successful Make Me A Medic course again this year at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. This course is great for Year 12 students who are considering a career in medicine. Find out more.

8th

• Support our hospitals with the CW+ COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund

  As the pandemic continues into 2021 and our hospitals face increasing levels of admissions, our charity CW+’s dedicated COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund continues to welcome donations to help support our staff provide the best possible care across our communities.

December 2020

24th

• Pause in some planned procedures

  Due to the rise of Covid cases across the UK, the Trust is working to reschedule some planned procedures. We will contact you directly if your appointment is affected. If we do not contact you, please assume your appointment is going ahead.

23rd

• New postnatal discharge system

  In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the postnatal team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has partnered with digital health company Lumeon to launch a new, innovative digital postnatal discharge system.

9th

• NHS starts Covid-19 immunisation programme

  The first phase of the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme has started. When it is the right time people will receive an invitation to come forward.

1st

• Trust marks World AIDS Day 2020

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to mark World AIDS Day today. As a leading Trust that has a proud history of achievements in the research, innovation and care of people living with HIV, we are committed to challenging stigma, creating awareness and improving the care we offer every day.

November 2020

19th

• Happy International Men’s Day!

  It’s International Men’s Day, a global day of recognition. It invites everyone to come to come together to celebrate men and boys in all their diversity.

13th

• Trust celebrates Research Innovation and Quality Improvement

  The Trust’s internal RIQI event this week celebrated some of the incredible Research, Innovation and Quality Improvement programmes that Trust staff are implementing, even in the midst of a global pandemic...

12th

• One Show's Dr Jarvis backs trials of new Covid vaccines

  The One Show’s Dr Sarah Jarvis supports Covid-19 vaccine research in a very practical way—she volunteered for a clinical trial at Chelsea and Westminster.

9th

• Trust 2,000th London Living Wage employer

  The Trust has become the 2000th public body to be accredited by the London Living Wage Foundation. That means a commitment to pay all staff at least the London Living Wage, including staff working at the Trust employed by our partners.

October 2020

30th

• NHS urgent and emergency care in the right place, at the right time with 111 First

  People who need urgent, but not life-threatening, care are being asked to contact NHS 111 before going to A&E. This will reduce waiting times and support social distancing in waiting rooms

15th

• Patients urged to take up appointments offered

  Following the announcement of Tier 2 restrictions in London from midnight on Friday, the Trust continues to provide safe care for its patients. It encourages all patients to take appointments offered so that they can get the treatment they need.

14th

• Celebrating Black History Month

  The Trust is proud to employ more than 6,000 members of staff—one in seven who are from African and Caribbean Diaspora.

September 2020

25th

• CW Innovation programme—one year on

  The CW Innovation programme, run by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust with our charity CW+, is celebrating its first anniversary. It’s been a year like no other with the COVID-19 pandemic spurring a wave of innovation across the Trust.

22nd

• West Middlesex University Hospital turns 100

  West Middlesex celebrated its centenary on 17 Sep 2020, with Chief Executive Lesley Watts announcing a year of celebrations to highlight the staff, medical achievements and contributions of the hospital to the country and community.

• Trust Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and complaints teams come together

  Our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and Complaints teams have now come together to form one team, available at both hospitals to provide a seamless service for our patients and their representatives.

10th

• A picture of health: an acute Trust’s core catchment

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust today published its first Public Health profile which describes the broad health needs of the core population it serves. This work was supported by the Health Foundation.

9th

• The Burdett Trust for Nursing enables nurse-led innovation projects at Chelsea and Westminster

  In a first of its kind partnership, a generous grant from the Burdett Trust for Nursing will create a unique Nursing Innovation Fellow position, to lead on innovative projects at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (CWFT).

August 2020

25th

• Trust celebrates its first day case hip replacement surgery

  Our Trauma and Orthopaedics department at West Middlesex University Hospital is trialling how to improve services during COVID-19 by supporting some of our patients to have hip surgery and be discharged the same day.

7th

• Trust uses game-changing nudge test for coronavirus testing

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has joined one of eight London hospitals involved in the initial deployment of the COVID nudge test—a rapid, accurate, portable test that delivers results on the spot, at the point of need and in only 90 minutes.

4th

• Heatwave Alert

  London is moving to heatwave alert level 3 from Friday 6th August. This means there is high probability of increasingly hot conditions until Sunday 9th August.

2nd

• Trust joins leading research partnership for better care

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has joined the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC).

July 2020

27th

• Healthy volunteers to help us develop a COVID-19 vaccine

  We are looking for healthy male or female volunteers aged 18-75 to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. This is the Chelsea and Westminster arm of the COVAC1 vaccine trial led by Imperial College.

14th

• Trust confident we can resume more services safely

  Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is resuming a variety of services paused or reduced by Covid-19. We are confident as we resume more services that we can deliver a high quality of care, keeping patients, visitors and staff safe. We urge those offered appointments and procedures to take advantage of them

10th

• Growing evidence COVID-19 severity and smoking linked

  Public health doctors at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College London looked at smoking as a risk factor for inpatients with COVID-19.

2nd

• Local artist’s portrait of Sir Tom Moore donated to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

  A portrait of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the war veteran who raised £32million for the NHS, was unveiled at our Chelsea and Westminster hospital site. Local Olney artist, Michelle Turner, created the portrait as part of an art class she runs and the response to the piece has been exceptional.

June 2020

30th

• #PROUD to have #PRIDE

  Pride month is a time for our LGBTQ+ community to celebrate the progress made to attain the rights we currently enjoy and remember those who fought over the years to win these rights.

24th

• Heatwave alert—stay safe!

  Severe hot weather is expected in the UK this week. Here are some useful resources and tips to help you stay safe and beat the heat.

22nd

• National Windrush Day—a celebration of the Caribbean community in the UK

  Today is National Windrush Day when we celebrate the outstanding contribution of Caribbean people to the UK, making the NHS what it is to this day.

4th

• Volunteers Week—clapping for our volunteers during the pandemic

  National Volunteers Week allows us to celebrate the extraordinary contribution of our volunteers new and old throughout the year and during the special circumstances of the pandemic.

May 2020

29th

• LifeArc boosts COVID research funding by £1.37m

  The PIONEER clinical trial, launched to test treatments for COVID-19, has received a funding booster of nearly £1.37 m of £10 m awarded globally by medical research charity LifeArc. The trial is underway at Chelsea and Westminster/West Middlesex University Hospital.

22nd

• AMAFFI Perfume House gifts scented garden to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as a lasting thank you to staff

  International luxury fragrance brand AMAFFI Perfume House has gifted an exquisite scented garden to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital as a lasting thank you to NHS staff.