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Read the full storyShirley Dowden for Black History Month: a 46-year career in nursing
Senior sister Shirley Dowden is the longest serving BAME staff member at the Trust with a career at St Mary’s Hospital spanning 46 years. As part of Black History Month, Shirley talks about the…
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Read the full story“Working with HIV/AIDS patients was the highlight of my clinical career”
Since 1982 Professor Jonathan Weber has conducted extensive research into HIV and AIDS. The development of an effective treatment for HIV infection through combining anti-retroviral drugs came as…
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Read the full story“A stem cell transplant let me walk again”
Roy Palmer has multiple sclerosis. After a decade in a wheelchair a stem cell transplant at Hammersmith Hospital gave him the ability to walk again. Here Roy talks about his experience.
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Read the full story“In the pharmacy department, the patient is at the centre of everything we do – and we do a lot”
Ann Mounsey is chief pharmacist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Thursday 5 July marked 70 years of the NHS – and Ann’s 30th year at our hospitals. She reflects on how pharmacy has evolved…
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Read the full storyGrandfather of allergy, Dr William Frankland, aged 106, on popularising the pollen count, working with Alexander Fleming and spending 70 years in the NHS
Dr William Frankland, aged 106, has helped transform our understanding of allergies during his long career in medicine. A pioneer in the field, Dr Frankland popularised the pollen count to help…
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Read the full storyNHS 70: Lord Darzi on robotics, career development and how the NHS can respond to changing demands
Professor the Lord Ara Darzi talks to us about his career, how the NHS can respond to the changing health and social needs of our population and the technological innovations he sees as having the…