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Passover is one of the three pilgrim festivals that is celebrated by Jewish people annually, and commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and the birth of the Hebrew nation as told in the Hebrew Bible. 

On 6 April, Her Majesty the Queen formally opened The Queen Elizabeth Unit at The Royal London Hospital more than year after it received its first patient.

Bernadette discusses receiving her award and what this means for her inclusion work. 

We’re looking for participants and volunteers to get involved to help us capture stories about the hospital and preserve them as a historical resource for the future.

More than 3,000 people in north east London came off the waiting list for treatment this winter as a result of closer collaboration between two hospital groups.

Most of the patients from Barts Health were able to have their diagnostic scans and procedures at neighbouring hospitals with spare capacity run by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT).

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) and the Barts Health group are pleased to announce the appointment of two Vice Chairs for their respective boards. Adam Sharples will take on the role at Barts Health and Mehboob Khan will become Vice Chair at BHRUT. 

This day last week marked two years since the UK entered lockdown for the first time. And while it’s always good to look back and reflect on what we achieved as a trust in these two years, it’s also time to look to the future.  

As many as 20 different roles are involved in caring for patients on critical care. We speak to some of those in these different roles. 

In 2022, Ramadan will take place between the evening of Saturday 2 April and end on the evening of Sunday 1 May, followed by the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in March 2020 and the world went into lockdown, our hospitals were forced to adapt overnight. We went from welcoming hundreds of family members and loved ones each day, to only allowing staff and patients through our doors. This brought about new challenges, many of which were unique to the diverse cultures, languages and faiths of our local populations.