The remarkable care shown by our intensive care staff is top story on
@bbcnews
tonight. Thank you to our incredibly talented and courageous staff – we are so proud of you all. Thanks also to
@BBCFergusWalsh
for sharing their story with the nation.
#OneTeam
Congratulations to Betsey Lau-Robinson who has been awarded an
#MBE
in the King’s New Year Honours 2023 List for her safeguarding work with adult patients at UCLH as well as her work on the Mental Capacity Act.
#NewYearsHonours
#KingsHonours
Please watch this on the
@BBCNews
at 10pm tonight if you’re in any doubt about the enormous pressure our incredible staff are under right now. Please stay home if you want to help us save lives.
#Covid19UK
We're delighted to have reached 10,000 vaccinations at UCLH. A huge milestone for everyone involved. Jonathan Spreckley, a musculoskeletal physiotherapist redeployed to work with patients in our intensive care unit, recieved the vaccination administered by
@ProfEdWild
.
#OneTeam
We were delighted to welcome His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to officially open the University College Hospital Grafton Way Building today.
@ClarenceHouse
Today, we remember all our colleagues we sadly lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be sharing tributes to some of them throughout the day. Our thoughts are with all our staff, family and friends at this difficult time. Read more here:
#inmemoriam
Thank you to all of our staff who are on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. We have never been more proud of you. The whole country will be forever in your debt for the selflessness you and NHS workers everywhere are showing during this moment of adversity.
#OneTeam
A special report from
@UCLH
intensive care unit. The reality of coronavirus and it’s impact on patients and staff. A vitally important message for us all - social distancing really will save lives.
This morning at 11am, we paid tribute to the NHS staff and key workers who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic — you’ll never be forgotten.
#MinuteSilence
#NeverForgotten
💙
UCLH runs one acute hospital and several specialist hospitals. The references to “virtually a COVID-only hospital” in the media are about University College Hospital. Our other hospitals are still providing cancer, neuro, maternity and other urgent treatment.
In a moving report
@BBCFergusWalsh
speaks to Matron Elaine Thorpe and Dr Jim Down. They give powerful interviews on how the public should support the NHS against COVID19. Elaine said: “The situation is v serious & unless people stay home it will continue.”
Congratulations to the UCLH,
@UCL
and
@MercedesAMGF1
team which has been awarded an
@RAEngNews
prize for exceptional services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The breathing aid they developed is now being used in more than 60 UK hospitals. Read more here
Thank you to everyone for your kind words and support for our staff. We are humbled that
@BBCFergusWalsh
's coverage has moved so many of you. Please continue to follow the government's advice. Stay at home protect the NHS and save lives.
#StayHomeSaveLives
These are just a few of the UCLH staff looking after your loved ones. They do it with great pride, dedication and care, but they have been working flat out for nearly a year now and they need your help.
Today marks two years since the first COVID patients were treated in London. We want thank all our amazing staff & volunteers for the incredible work they’ve done in treating patients, vaccinating the public & keeping our hospitals running - Thank you!
@tompilston
/
@guardian
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Vanessa Sweeney as chief
#nurse
at UCLH.
Vanessa has been acting chief nurse at UCLH since April 2022 and was previously deputy chief nurse and head of nursing for the surgery and
#cancer
board.
Congratulations, Vanessa!
#OneTeam
With Plan B restrictions easing, we wanted to reiterate that wearing a face mask and social distancing in our buildings is still required, even if you are fully vaccinated.
Thank you for understanding.
Today we say goodbye to our chief executive
@MarcelLevi
who has led our organisation for the past 4.5 years. We are forever grateful for your leadership and we wish you all the best. UCLH will miss you.
Photo credit: Tom Pilston
Professor Hugh Montgomery speaks to
@xandvt
about why public spaces in hospitals seem deserted; the focus has been diverted elsewhere, and we're busier than we have ever been. This is a short segment, the full video is on
@BBCMorningLive
@BBCiPlayer
.
#COVID19
On today's show,
@xandvt
is showing how wrong those 'empty hospital' videos are, that you might have seen circulating on social media.
The full report with footage from inside UCH is on at 9.15am on
@BBCOne
#MorningLive
#UCLHRembembers
: Jennie Sablayan was a specialist haematology nurse. An expert in her field, Jennie looked after patients with leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers with much kindness and great dedication. Read our tribute:
#inmemoriam
The story of how haematologist Marie Scully identified a new syndrome, VITT (vaccine-induced thrombosis thrombocytopenia). Her perseverance has saved lives.
Meet the Lagrata family: Mum (Susie), dad (Antonino) & daughter (Antoinette) all working on the front line at UCLH. “We see this as our calling, we need to be here to help." Thanks to the three of you & all our staff playing their part during this time.
#OneTeam
#ThankYouThursday
Congratulations to all involved in successfully setting up the NHS high energy proton beam therapy centres, one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken.
#PBT
@TheChristieNHS
Tune into
@BBCTwo
#horizon
now.
One month on
@BBCNews
has returned to our intensive care unit to report on the huge impact
#covid19
is having on our patients and staff. We cannot thank our incredibly talented and compassionate staff enough – we are so proud of you.
#OneTeam
@MarcelLevi
We are over the moon to see Ertan Nazim back home safely after a month in hospital overcoming
#covid19
. In this
@BBCNews
report, Ertan’s wife Margaret pays tribute to our staff: “Thank you, thank you, thank you. We got him home all thanks to you.”
We're proud that our staff have rated UCLH as the top trust in London to work at, and the third best in the country. Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the 2021 NHS Staff Survey & sharing your views. We are
#OneTeam
#NHSStaffSurvey
Today’s
@OperationOuch
on
@cbbc
is a special cancer episode with twin doctors
@DoctorChrisVT
and
@xandvt
featuring Dr Xand’s nose biopsy carried out at UCLH.
Chris and Xand are talking cancer and answering all the big questions. More info here:
UCLH’s emergency department is one of the best in London for patient experience, according to the 2020 Urgent and Emergency Care Survey. Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved.
We were delighted to welcome Her Majesty The Queen to formally open the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals today. Our patient, 11 year-old Aaliyah, pictured, had cochlear implant surgery in 2019 and can now hear "the sound of leaves crunching under my feet".
We're proud that our staff have rated UCLH as the top trust in England to work at! Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the 2022 NHS Staff Survey & for sharing your views. We are
#OneTeam
#NHSStaffSurvey
Every Thursday, you the public
#ClapforOurCarers
. We want to thank you with our rainbow floral and balloon installations. UCLH doctor
@CherylLoboUCLH
was inspired to organise the arches after being so moved by the love and support the NHS is receiving.
We are grateful for the love and support everyone has been showing our staff! From our doctors and nurses, to our admin and clerical staff, we are all part of
#OneTeam
.
#thankyouthursday
#ThankYouNHS
Thank you to all of our incredible nurses and midwives for all your hard work and dedication, especially this past year. You continued to provide the best possible care for our patients and we are very grateful.
#nursesday
#InternationalNursesDay
@capital_nurse
A huge congratulations from us all at UCLH to
@rmoonesinghe
on receiving an OBE for services to Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Critical Care. Thoroughly deserved!
#NewYearsHonoursList
#obe
Happy
#pride
day!🏳️🌈Our amazing LGBTQIA+ staff network are about to set off to join the colourful and empowering
#LondonPride
march.
We hope you all have a wonderful time!
#oneteam
💙
Our new cancer and surgery hospital is opening soon. With nine clinical floors, it provides inpatient cancer services and planned surgery. Find out more:
Nurses and midwives
@uclh
have been recognised for the outstanding care they deliver to patients and the support they provide to each other by Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England.
@CNOEngland
Marcel Levi will step down as chief executive on 31 March 2021. UCLH chair Julia Neuberger said “He has been a superb chief executive and an outstanding leader. We at UCLH owe him an immense debt of gratitude.”
Thank you
@DoctorChrisVT
for writing this article about your time with UCLH during the
#covid_19
pandemic, redeploying from
@HTropDis
, and sharing a very personal story for you and
@xandvt
. Looking forward to seeing the documentary next week on
@BBCOne
.
Today, UCLH is holding a remembrance and thank you day for our staff. This day is an opportunity for us to remember staff who have sadly died in the last 18 months and also to thank staff for their incredible contributions and efforts throughout this time.
#oneteam
Our sincere thanks to you
@BBCFergusWalsh
and
@adamwalkertv
for your deeply moving and insightful coverage. It was our pleasure to have you with us, so that the public can understand the importance of staying at home to protect the NHS and save lives.
#StayHomeSaveLives
.
My profound thanks to all the staff
@uclh
for allowing me and
@adamwalkertv
to show the reality of coronavirus on intensive care. Their resilience and professionalism in the midst of this crisis is humbling. My thoughts are with the patients and their families
#bbcnewsten
Our new health clinic folds out of an eco-tricycle, treating vulnerable
#homeless
patients in
#London
.
Air
#pollution
harms us all but if you live on the street, clean air isn’t an option. This lets us Find & Treat infection and stop transmission, without pollution. (1)
At UCLH we're
#oneteam
: wherever you are from, whatever your role, we're proud to have you working at our hospitals. We will always support our staff, especially as racism across the world comes into focus. We reaffirm our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion at UCLH.
This year's recipient of the Excellence in Education Award is... Ben Lovell! He is the most engaged Consultant in junior doctor education, development and improving their working conditions and welfare. Well done Ben!
@DrBenLovell
#CEA2021
We are thrilled to have two of our specialist hospitals in
@Newsweek
's list of the top 100 in the world. Well done to Westmoreland Street and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. See the full list here
#UCLHRemembers
: Lola Aladejana was a long-term bank worker, who held a variety of admin roles in clinical support and medical specialties at University College Hospital, including as a receptionist. She worked with us for four years. Read more:
#inmemoriam
Marcel our CEO has written to every one of his fellow European colleagues today outlining his personal commitment to support every mainland EU and Irish colleague to stay playing a key role in the
#NHS
after
#Brexit
.
Today
@bbclondon
came to UCLH to learn more about the
#clinicaltrial
we are running into long COVID treatments. STIMULATE-ICP is testing existing drugs such as anti-histamines, or rivaroxaban (blood clotting medicine) to provide evidence on whether they help
#longCOVID
patients.
We are delighted to announce two directors have joined the UCLH board. Welcome Liz O'Hara, director of workforce and Laura Churchward, director of strategy.
@tillyoh2000
@LauraChurchward
We are excited to announce that UCLH consultant anaesthetist Professor
@Kevin_Fong
has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2019 birthday honours. Congratulations Kevin!
Thanks to all our amazing staff who've volunteered to be redeployed during the
#COVID19
padnemic. Helen Simpson (
@hormone_doc
), a consultant endocrinologist, said: “Everyone is so supportive and I already feel like one of the team”. UCLH staff can find out more on the intranet.
As we prepare to bid farewell to our CEO
@Marcellevi
, he speaks to
@hughPym
about his admiration for the
#NHS
. "The resilience and the quality and the camaraderie of people I have been working with ... that's something I have never encountered before."
Our intensive care team are continously working hard, especially now. Earlier this year, some of them found time to tell us why they love their job so much. These are some of the people looking after you & your loved ones. We couldn't be more proud of them.
#OneTeam
#ThankYouNHS
This Saturday 17 July we are offering walk-in appointments
@TheCrick
between 9:30am-1:30pm. These are for first doses for Pfizer vaccine only. Looking forward to seeing you there!
The
#haematology
and critical care services in our University College Hospital Grafton Way Building are now open. With nearly 100 beds dedicated to haematology patients at UCLH, this is one of the largest centres in Europe.
Photo credit: Paul Raftery
Congratulations and well done to
#nurse
Monette on winning the
@LondonPaeds
Nurse Of The Year Award!👏
Monette has gone above and beyond on our paediatric ward, from raising awareness of children and young people refugee health to providing inclusive, compassionate care.
#OneTeam
We are so grateful to all our staff who are working tirelessly, especially over the Easter Bank Holiday. Directors Tim Hodgson & Tim Jaggard gave Easter eggs to thank staff and also gave patients iPads so they could stay in touch with family while in hospital.
#ThankYouThursday
#UCLHRemembers
: Luis Carlos Villada was employed by Interserve Portering and had worked as a porter at UCLH for 20 years. Read our tribute here:
#inmemoriam
Patients recovering from coronavirus have spoken movingly to
@BBCNews
about the physical and emotional impact of the disease. In the report
@BBCFergusWalsh
meets our specialists helping patients on the road to recovery.
#oneteam
Inside the mind of Dr Jim Down, our
#intensivecare
consultant, on the night of the peak number of deaths from
#Covid19
in hospitals. Thank you for sharing your story Jim.
#OneTeam
Our new University College Hospital Grafton Way Building has three floors dedicated to haematology. The facility is nearer completion and will open soon. Thank you to everyone involved in the hard work of getting a major new hospital open.
Today
@uclh
we are celebrating the contribution of all 14 Allied Health Professions. Their work is essential for the delivery of our services and to enable our patients to live their lives fully. Thank you for your care dedication.
#AHPsDay
@WeAHPs
Our incredible staff are under enormous strain as the number of
#COVID19
patients keeps rising. In this powerful report, they speak with raw emotion about the seriousness of the situation we are facing.
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
If you've been reading the stories in the press about our two new monoclonal antibody trials and want to know more (including how to check if you're eligible) please go to our story on the UCLH website which has full information in the FAQs:
We share in the nation’s deep sorrow following the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
UCLH enjoyed a special relationship with The Queen.
Our thoughts are with the entire Royal Family at this incredibly sad time.
The 2023 Chief Executive Award goes to...Dr Melissa Heightman, post-COVID lead and respiratory physician!
Dr Heightman is a pioneering clinician who puts others before herself, showing amazing kindness to all. Well done, Melissa!
We're delighted University College Hospital Grafton Way building is now fully open! Home to a modern theatre complex for elective orthopaedic,
#ENT
and
#oralsurgery
, surgical wards, a
#criticalcare
unit & one of only two NHS
#ProtonBeamTherapy
Centres.
War in the Blood, a film made
@uclh
with our haematology
#cancer
#research
teams and patients, won Best Science Documentary at the British Documentary Awards
#GriersonAwards
last night. The film honours the brave patients who contributed their time to finding a cure for cancer.
Our staff have rated UCLH as the top trust in England to work at for the second year running!💙
A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the 2023 NHS staff survey and for sharing your views.
Find out more:
#OneTeam
The
@wellcometrust
has generously offered UCLH the use of ground floor space of their offices as a respite centre for UCLH staff. Thank you!
#OneTeam
(Pictured: chief nurse Flo Panel-Coates with pharmacist Priya Patel & pharmacy dispenser Alex Windsor)
Congratulations to our haematology team for being awarded
@MyelomaUK
's Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) award. This recognises their outstanding care and unflagging dedication to patients living with
#myeloma
John Welch, a consultant
#nurse
at UCLH has been highlighted as one of 100 outstanding nurses in the country by
@WeNurses
. The list aims to celebrate "100 registered nurses who have made an impact in nursing in 2018". Congrats John!
#UCLHValues
Our chief executive Marcel Levi, chief nurse Flo Panel-Coates and director of research Bryan Williams, as well as other UCLH staff members, took part in the minute’s silence to remember everyone lost to COVID-19 as part of
#nationaldayofreflection
We were delighted to host the new chief executive of
@NHSEngland
at our Grafton Way Building yesterday.
Amanda Pritchard (
@AKPritchard2
), the first female leader of the
#NHS
, described her new appointment as a “great honour” .
Research on 500 cancer patients at our Westmoreland Street site shows only 10 caught
#COVID19
after surgery & none died. With infection control measures for all staff & patients & using full PPE we continue to operate on those most in need.
@SkyNews
reports
We are all deeply shocked and saddened to lose our dear friend and colleague Dr Peter Fisher in such tragic circumstances. He will be greatly missed by his patients and all of us.
Congratulations to Professor Bryan Williams, Dr Jahangir Alom and Professor Valerie Lund on being recognised for their dedication and outstanding contribution to healthcare in the 2024 King’s New Year Honours List.
Read more:
#NewYearsHonours
#KingsHonours