Whittington Health NHS Trust
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Helping local people live longer, healthier lives across Islington, Haringey, Camden, Barnet and beyond. You can also follow our charity: @W_H_Charity
Joined November 2009
@sophielouisecc This photograph features our staff and was taken in March 2020, before the law prevented social gatherings so no rules are being broken here. Our staff worked tirelessly during the pandemic and followed all guidance. To suggest otherwise is misleading & does not represent reality.
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A big thank you to @Arsenal for making sure our physiotherapist colleagues are kitted out — just in time for the @EmiratesFACup tomorrow. Good luck in the #FACupFinal from all of us at Whittington Health ❤️
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BREAKING NEWS. congratulations to Huda Mohamed, who has been awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to midwifery. She is our Female Genital Mutilation Specialist Lead Midwife. Full story to follow on Tuesday!
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Our local football team @Arsenal are continuing to support us during the #Coronavirus crisis from much needed donations to kind messages from their legends @1kevincampbell and @LeeDixon2 . Thank you for #CaringForThoseWhoCare 💙❤️
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@AlexMacLeod9 @sophielouisecc That would divert our funds away from delivering front line care, but we do hope that @sophielouisecc can take steps to prevent or correct any false impression that has been created.
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Thank you to the @AFC_Foundation and @Arsenal players for bringing joy and spreading the Christmas magic to our children's ward!
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Please join us in welcoming little baby Ava, our first Christmas Day Whittington Baby who arrived at 00.40 weighing 3.04kg! Congratulations to parents Sam and Kate for the safe arrival of their beautiful Christmas gift.
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Earlier today we were visited by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall as part of a visit to mark #InternationalNursesDay. She met and thanked some of our nurses, met some of our young patients and planted an NHS and Roald Dahl Roses in our garden.
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We are delighted to hear that our Chief Nurse, @johnsonmich18 has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Years Honour List for her service to nursing, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations to her from everyone @WhitHealth 💙💙💙
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Some much needed good news: we have received our first batch of COVID-19 vaccines which we will be providing from today! The NHS will contact you when it is your time to be vaccinated but Whittington’s vaccination journey begins today!
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Today marks the NHS's 72nd birthday. To celebrate 72 of our staff including some who are shielding at home came together (virtually) to jointly recorded a very special version of @MichaelRosenYes's poem "These are the Hands" which he wrote for the NHS on its 60th Birthday. #NHS72
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A massive thank you to a local hero for sending 20 pizzas in to the hospital for our intensive care and emergency department colleagues to enjoy. These #RandomActsOfKindness are a real boost for our team! #CaringForThoseWhoCare
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THANK YOU everyone who took part in #ClapForTheNHS and #ClapForOurCarers tonight. This is just the tail end outside our hospital's A&E but a special #ThankYou to @MPSIslington for turning on their blue lights so that staff could see even if they couldn't hear 💙
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Welcome to our 47 new Medical Support Workers who joined us today. These new colleagues are final year medical students from @ucl, who have recently passed their finals and are able to join our team and support us! . #WhitWelcomesYou 🤗
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We are delighted to hear that Professor Hugh Montgomery, a consultant in our ITU has been awarded an OBE in this year's Queen's New Year's Honours List. Our CEO Siobhan Harrington has sent her congratulations to Hugh on behalf of everyone at Whittington Health.
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Thank you for all of your kind words about our team following #thestoryofus. It was a difficult decision as to whether we should take part in the programme or not. We hope you agree it was important to tell these stories. Please continue to remember: #HandsFaceSpace.
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To mark #ThankYouThursday we want to say thank you to Orla. Orla has taken unpaid leave from her lecturing job @MiddlesexUni to come back and work as a Nurse in our Intensive Care Unit, working with our most sick and vulnerable patients. Thank you Orla 💙
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We are delighted to announce that @yvonnecoghill1 is joining us here @WhitHealth! She will be working with us to "turbo charge" our work to improve the experience of working at Whittington Health for colleagues from a black, minority ethnic or Asian background. (cont. )
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@carolecadwalla Hi Carole, this has clearly generated quite a bit of interest, so wanted to reassure you that our hospital remains open and we continue to safely care for all our patients. The NHS across North Central London is experiencing pressure as a result of a rapid increase in (cont. ).
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Every evening at 7pm our neighbours on Despard Road have been standing outside their doors and applauding all of the amazing work that our colleagues are doing — thank you for taking the time to show you care 👏👏 #CaringForThoseWhoCare.
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@carolecadwalla (. cont) COVID-19 positive patients requiring hospital admission, and in such times it is normal to seek the support of other NHS partners. We encourage everyone to help us by using NHS resources responsibly and following all COVID guidelines.
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WOW! Local company, Olivian Events, have created this beautiful balloon garland outside our main entrance to really brighten up our day. Fun fact, all 3 sisters who made the garland were born at the Whittington! We are so thankful for such a kind and creative donation 💙
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Earlier today we were honoured to welcome HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to our hospital to mark #InternationalNursesDay. She met with some of our wonderful nurses and met patients and staff in one of our children's services before planting an NHS and a Roald Dahl Rose in our garden.
On International Nurses Day, we pay tribute to the remarkable people who care for others - day in, day out. The Duchess of Cornwall is visiting The Whittington Hospital in London to meet hospital patients, staff, and nurses working for Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity.
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@NoXYinXXprisons We support and provide a safe space for all people, no matter their sex or gender, and are committed to ensuring that all patients and staff are treated with dignity and respect.
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We're starting the week with an amazing act of kindness! . To celebrate his 7th birthday, Antwone donated his presents to the children's service that looked after him last year when he was poorly. We would like to say a massive thank you Antwone for his kindness and generosity.
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@sophielouisecc This photograph features our staff and was taken in March 2020, before the law prevented social gatherings so no rules are being broken here. Our staff worked tirelessly during the pandemic and followed all guidance. To suggest otherwise is misleading & does not represent reality.
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We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Chinyama Okunuga as our new Chief Operating Officer. She will take over from Carol Gillen in September. Read more at:
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We are delighted that today we have been rated as Good overall and Outstanding for caring by @CareQualityComm following our most recent inspection. Our Community Services were rated as Outstanding overall. This is a fantastic achievement against a very challenging backdrop. 💙
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On the eve of the #NHSbirthday we are taking a moment to remember everyone we have sadly loss during the #Coronavirus pandemic. Tonight the main entrance of our hospital will be lit up blue along with many other landmarks across the UK #LightItBlue
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We are delighted to let you all know that at 9pm on Tuesday (16/3) evening @ITV will be showing a very special, feature-length documentary telling the stories of our ITU staff and patients as we responded to the first wave of COVID-19. Find out more at:
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People of Islington, Haringey and beyond: YOU ARE WONDERFUL. Thank you to everyone who has donated items from our Charity’s #CaringForThoseWhoCare 💙 Amazon Wishlist containing items our colleagues say will make their lives a little easier right now. We just had a delivery:
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We are pleased to be able to advise that as of today expectant mothers are able to bring someone with them to their 20 week obstetric scan. We have worked hard to ensure that this is possible in a COVID safe way. Two birth partners are also permitted for the birth of your child.
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Our children's A&E has been brightened up by some of our super talented colleagues. Mumtaz, Shelina and Felicity worked together in their own time creating this fantastic rainbow design that represents positivity and solidarity during the #Coronavirus crisis.
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Our fabulous nursing colleagues support our patients and all of us every day of the year. Wishing you all a happy #InternationalNursesDay #IND2020 💙
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Hello from the Hornsey Central Neighbourhood Health Centre! Today our team have been seeing patients who have been contacted by the NHS to receive their COVID-19 vaccination. It has been a really big team effort to make this possible so a huge thank you to everyone involved 💙
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And here I am. A little bit early. I wanted to wish the night staff a happy Christmas. #WhitChristmas
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Thank you to everyone supporting our fundraising appeal, your donations helped us buy pizzas for our staff working over the weekend. You can donate at
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Look what Santa and his helpers brought to our young patients on our Children's ward today.😀🎅 Thanks @Arsenal @ArsenalAcademy for bringing joy to our patients.🤗
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We want to say thank you to Clifford. He has worked here for 15 years and told us that Whittington Health is part of him. During the #Coronavirus crisis Clifford has been working everyday to make sure colleagues on the wards have everything they need. Thank you Clifford.
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❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.Thank you so much to everyone who is celebrating Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday by supporting our Children’s Play Terrace Appeal!.❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.
Nearly £2800 raised for @WhitHealth -that’s so amazing everyone!
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We did promise you a surprise. ! .We celebrated a the last day of #BlackHistoryMonth2019 with a FLASHMOB in our hospital atrium! .💃💃💃
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Today we opened our very special ‘Garden Shed’ in Cavell Ward. This space has been designed for dementia patients to relax, take part in activities and enjoy a cup of tea. We were able to create this wonderful room with thanks to our charity and our UCL Partners. 💙🌻
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With it being 3pm on a Saturday we know lots of you will be missing the football — while you #StayAtHomeSaveLives we thought we'd share this lovely message from @Arsenal legend @LeeDixon2 to our colleagues.
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Thousands of people are expected to receive their #COVID-19 vaccine this weekend at Arsenal's Emirates stadium from Friday to Monday. You can make an appointment or just walk in - more info at: @Gunnersaurus has had his, are you #GunnerGetJabbed?!
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We are humbled & thrilled to be the first place to benefit from the support of #ProjectWingman. Crews from airlines, including @British_Airways (and BA Cityflyer) @easyJet & @Fly_Norwegian have set up a "first class lounge" More: 'CaringForThoseWhoCare 💙
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We want to say thank you to Shaun. Shaun is a Facilities Service Assistant who normally works tidying public areas in the hospital and deep cleaning theatres. During the #Coronavirus crisis he has been training colleagues how to deep clean clinical areas. Thank you Shaun.
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Nothing is normal right now and it is hard to have that #FridayFeeling when you have to stay at home. But that evening on the sofa will save lives and it'll make our Emergency Department team super happy #StayHomeSaveLives
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Don’t be concerned - you don’t need to call 111 or come to the emergency department, your eyesight is fine, we are actually in the lead. #Eurovision.
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Thanks to @1kevincampbell and @Arsenal for sharing this video with us. We're sure it will make our colleagues smile (maybe even the Spurs fans😉). 💙.
As the closest hospital to Emirates Stadium, we just wanted to send you this appreciation message, @WhitHealth 💙. "You're the heroes right now." - @1KevinCampbell. Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives. #StayHomeSaveLives
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Lots of people have been asking how they can help us. Most important is to follow the Tier 4 guidelines, remembering hands, space, face. If you are able to, then you can buy a nurse a tea or a doctor a coffee, which will be served by @_ProjectWingman 💙.
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Amazing! #BenedictCumberbatch fans have raised over £3,000 for our Children's play terrace appeal to celebrate the actor's birthday! .
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.Thank you so much to everyone who is celebrating Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday by supporting our Children’s Play Terrace Appeal!.❤️🧡💛💚💙💜.
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We are delighted that our Children's Play Terrace Project is being supported by Benedict Cumberbatch superfans from around the world! #DrStrangeSupportsTheWhit .
Our new fundraising challenge is here! We're going to be raising funds for @WhitHealth who are re-developing the children's play area in their hospital. Benedict suggested the charity himself so let's raise as much as we can!
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Turn over to @ITV now to watch "2020: The Story of us" a powerful documentary which tells the stories of our staff and patients as we battled with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. It starts in 15 minutes at 9.00pm. We would love to hear what you think during the show!.
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Thank you each and everyone who came out to clap 💙.
Just had a jolly good clap and whoop for our hardworking NHS heroes who work so tirelessly to save lives and look after us ♥️ if you look closely you can see them waving back at through the windows of the Whittington Hospital 😊 @WhitHealth #ClapForCarers #ClapForNHS
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Congratulations to Tina Jegede, who has received her Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal in recognition of her services to Social Care. "It was an honour to have received the award from King Charles and be recognised in this way.".👉
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Getting enough sleep makes us all feel like rock stars. Your donations are funding a 12-berth bus on our hospital site. The luxury bus offers a place to sleep and relax for our colleagues during their night shifts and a kitchen/lounge area for breaks. #CaringForThoseWhoCare
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Congratulations to @JegedeTina who has been awarded a MBE as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours. Tina is the Joint Director for Race, Equality & Inclusion and Lead Nurse for Care Homes at .@WhitHealth and @IslingtonBC, she has been recognised for her services to Social Care.
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The pizza has gone down a storm with our colleagues. Thanks to @Dominos_UK for offering 50% off and our local hero for then ordering double!
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Today our staff and volunteers at Hornsey Central Neighbourhood Health Centre celebrate a year of COVID vaccinations at the site - that's 77,000 jabs for our communities. Thank you to everybody involved for this fantastic effort. 💉💙
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Our CEO @S_HarringtonNHS and our Chair Baroness Julia Neuberger have congratulated our Chief Nurse @johnsonmich18 on behalf of everyone at Whittington Health NHS Trust on being made an MBE in the Queen's New Years Honours:
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Inspired by colleagues @BHRUT_NHS we are helping our patients to see the person under the PPE as part of our effort to continue to provide compassionate & safe care to everyone who needs us during this busy time. More at:
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Thank you to @SpursOfficial & @ThlfcOfficial players for sprinkling some Christmas spirit to our children's ward!
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We have been working with patients & partners to understand if we are delivering the best services to meet the needs of children, young people, pregnant people, & babies. Read about what we found & have your say on opportunities for the future:
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Today marks 75 years of the NHS 🎂. Throughout the years, one thing is certain. It is our staff who make the NHS. Thank you to everyone who has worked for the NHS, past and present. We would be nowhere without you 💙. #NHS75
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We want to say thank you to Jo. Jo is a Senior Practice Nurse who during the #Coronavirus crisis has been working in our Intensive Care Unit with our most sick and vulnerable patients. Thank you Jo.
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A massive shout out to Nathan and Julia who work at Little @waitrose in Kings Cross. They dropped off some donated Easter Eggs and came back with water after hearing that we needed it for our emergency department and intensive care unit. Thank you!. #CaringForThoseWhoCare💙
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Thank you to @FPMosque and @HumanAppeal who delivered 100 meals to our colleagues today. The delicious food helps, but knowing it is from your local community really makes us all feel good. #CaringForThoseWhoCare💙
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Today we were honoured to unveil a commemorative statue at the front of our hospital. The memorial by @NubianJak symbolises the significant and incredibly important contribution of Windrush and Commonwealth nurses to the NHS. Thank you to all of our guests for a great afternoon!
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We are overjoyed that two of our colleagues have been recognised in the Queen's #BirthdayHonors for services to the NHS particularly for their care to our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our CEO Siobhan has issued a statement congratulating Jessie Horne & . Hannah Angland
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2020 has been, to put it mildly, not great. To all of our colleagues, our patients, our followers and our friends we wish you a happier, safer and healthier new year. Together, we will get though this.
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Fantastic to hear so many people out clapping this evening close to our hospital 👏👏 thank you to everyone who took part! I'm sure a few of us just got something in our eye 👏👏 #StayHomeSaveLives. #ClapForOurCarers #ClapForTheNHS
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Saying goodbye to Sister Jurell, the night theatre coordinator, as she goes home and hopefully gets small powe nap before she spends the day with her family. #WhitChristmas
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Our first group of staff to be vaccinated are ready! We will also be vaccinating patients over 80, colleagues from @Ldn_Ambulance and staff from local care homes from our first batch. The NHS will contact you when it is your time to be vaccinated!
The first vial has now been drawn up, ready for our first COVID vaccination as alongside the whole NHS we prepare for our marathon towards protecting everyone. The NHS will contact you when it’s your time to be vaccinated. Please respond quickly when we get in touch
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The lovely Kate, who picked Italy in our sweepstakes, has donated her winnings to @FareShareUK in support of @MarcusRashford. #BeMoreKate #Euro2020
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Congratulations to Thaya from our Women’s Health Team who becomes the first person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 here @WhitHealth!
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Tonight is the last #ClapForOurCarers 👏👏Thank you for showing your support for the NHS and other essential workers for an amazing 10 weeks!.Thank you to our amazing team 💙 we have been sharing stories about them and their roles in recent weeks, and here they all are!
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A very happy #InternationalNursesDay to all of our wonderful nurses, health visitors, school nurses & other aligned professionals who work so hard every day to care for, look after and treat our patients. Follow our feed later for update on a very special event to mark the day!.
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Congratulations to our CEO @S_harringtonNHS who has been named in this year's @HSJnews list of the top 50 NHS Chief Executives!. Read more at:
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We're now hearing from author @MichaelRosenYes who is a special guest at the #WhitAwards this evening. During the pandemic, Michael was treated for COVID-19 at Whittington Hospital. We're so pleased to have him as our special guest, officially opening the awards! 🎉
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Lovely to see our colleagues @MPSIslington @MPSCamden @MPSHaringey and across @metpoliceuk getting well deserved praise from one of our colleagues at our all staff briefing with @S_HarringtonNHS this morning. Thank you to all of our police for your support, now and always 👮♀️👮♂️💙
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Are you a local cyclist? Do you have a few hours each week to spare? We are looking for some new volunteers (with wheels) to help with local deliveries. If you are interested please email our Volunteer team whh-tr.voluntary-services@nhs.net
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The care and support for our staff continues to pour in.😀💙 . Thank you BAW cafe for providing our colleagues with free Thai food🍚 in support of the brilliant work you are all doing. @SkyNews came along to record this act of kindness. #CaringForThoseWhoCare
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Thank you to every Cumberfan who supported our Children’s Play Terrace Project! Your donations will go towards creating a new outdoor space for some of our youngest patients to relax and have fun!.
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Staff from across @WhitHealth, colleagues from @Ldn_Ambulance and local care homes and the over 80s are being against against COVID-19 from today here @WhitHealth! The NHS will be in touch with you when it is your time to be vaccinated!
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Over the last two months @Wenzelsthebaker in Archway have been supporting us with daily deliveries of delicious treats that get served up by @_ProjectWingman cabin crew — keeping our caffeine and sugar levels at the necessary levels. Thank you for #CaringForThoseWhoCare ☕💙🍩
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Thank you @TKMaxx_UK for the donations of sweets, chocolates and treats. Our colleagues are on the march to distribute your gifts to our hard working colleagues. #InternationalDayofHappiness #CaringForThoseWhoCare 💙
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We want to take a moment to thank @DacreJane on her last day at Whittington Health. Jane, a consultant with us for nearly 30 years as well as ex-President of @RCPhysicians, is holding her last clinic here today. Thank you for everything and all the best for your retirement 🎉
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We asked our colleagues who they are clapping for tonight?. Kevin care for older people's Matron is going to be clapping for our volunteers at 8 o'clock tonight during the #ClapForOurCarers
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The NHS is well prepared to tackle the #Coronavirus outbreak. You can help us to help you by washing your hands regularly with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Not sure how long 20 seconds is?. Here is a 20 second video of cute cats with a hard rock soundtrack to help.
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The pizza has gone down a storm with our colleagues. Thanks to @Dominos_UK for offering 50% off and our local hero for then ordering double!
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Please #StayHomeSaveLives and enjoy your Easter eggs, while our fab Emergency Department team help the people who need us 🐣🐰🐥.
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We are delighted to announce that Helen Brown will be joining us as our new Chief Executive in June #WhitWelcomesYou
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There is no Premier League football today but there is the North London battle of the shirt. Support your team's local hospital by bidding. The team who raises the most will no doubt do the best next season!. @Arsenal @SpursOfficial
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Our trust has been recognised as Good by the CQC today - especially great to see the rating for the hospital improve to Good and to have kept our Outstanding rating for Caring
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We are proud to have become the first NHS Trust in London to begin a new @WRES_team programme to reduce racial inequalities in our workforce. We are committed to eliminating any form of discrimination and promote equality for all. Find out more at:
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On Monday at 2.30pm, the *real* North London derby will kick off, with the mighty #TeamWhittington taking on our friends @NorthMidNHS at @SpursOfficial Stadium. Our team know that victory takes hard work, so earlier today they got down to some serious training:
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On this Day of Reflection we would like to extend our thanks to all the generous donors, volunteers and community organisers who have played such a vital role in supporting our staff over the past year. Thank you to everyone who helped our charity during this crucial time.
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A Friday shout out to our Portering, Domestic and Housekeeping and other support staff! They're celebrating another successful week (and payday!) with a healthy but delicious treat table for the team! We couldn't function without them! #HotelServices @WhittHealthEnF @mattscandal
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