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A consultant clinical oncologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been helping advise producers at Coronation Street on their latest storyline after it was revealed that soap icon Rita…
The AHSC Leadership Development Programme, launched on Thursday 14 September, is a unique course that will equip senior clinicians with the leadership skills needed to operate effectively at board…
Following the incident at Parsons Green this morning, all Trust services are now operating as usual. If you have an appointment today please attend as normal.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have completed a mass migration of email to NHSmail, migrating over 16,000 mailboxes.
The twenty 16-17 year olds, who aspire to be the first in their families to go to university, were part of the widen access to careers in community healthcare (WATCCH) at Charing Cross Hospital.
A surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust today performed an operation which was streamed live at the 22nd World Congress for the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and…
Dr Caroline Alexander has been appointed lead clinical academic for therapies at the Trust in a bid to support more therapies staff to undertake research.
Please be aware that the annual Notting Hill Carnival will be held this bank holiday weekend. Public transport and roads in west London will be very busy with major road closures from 2am Sunday 27…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust consultant Jeremy Crane will be the latest person to take over the @NHS Twitter account to showcase a week in the life of a vascular and transplant surgeon.
A team from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London has been selected by the Health Foundation, an independent health and health care charity, to be part of its £1.5…
A team of patients who received transplants at Hammersmith Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, had a successful trip to Lanarkshire in Scotland this weekend after competing in…
A consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will be one of the first to perform a new treatment today (Thursday 3 August) which could improve the lives of thousands of men who are living…
Patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have the best access to breakthrough research studies in North West London, according to figures by the NIHR
Prudential RideLondon will take place this weekend (28 - 30 July 2017) in central London and Surrey.
A doctor from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was invited to 10 Downing Street for a celebration of the LGBT+ community hosted by Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday 19 July.
The Trust takes fire safety very seriously. Our overriding priority is ensuring the safety of our patients, visitors and staff. Following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower, the Trust’s internal…
The Paterson Centre building is currently closed. All outpatient clinics scheduled to take place in the Paterson Centre are now taking place in main outpatients. If you have elective surgery booked…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust reaffirms its commitment to Charing Cross Hospital in response to recent media reports about the Hospital’s long-term future.
The West London NHS Genomic Medicine Centre (GMC), which is led by Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust, have diagnosed their first patient via the 100,000 Genomes Project.
Property developers are being invited to participate in a ‘soft market testing’ process as an early step in the full redevelopment of the St Mary’s Hospital site in Paddington
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will feature in a second series of BBC Two’s prime-time documentary Hospital with the first episode, focusing on the Trust’s major incident response to the…
Statement from the Trust medical director in response to the Grenfell Tower fire in north Kensington
A major incident was declared at St Mary’s and Charing Cross hospitals following a fire at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has appointed Ian Dalton CBE as its new chief executive.
Parents of premature babies are being given a much greater role in the care of their children thanks to a pioneering new approach to neonatal care being introduced at Imperial College Healthcare NHS…
Statement from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust following major incident
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published new and improved ratings for outpatient and diagnostic imaging services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
A new tool for assessing the narrowing of the heart's arteries is set to be adopted internationally as the new global standard in evaluating patients’ suitability for a stent.
There is no evidence that our Trust’s computer systems have been infected by the global cyber-attack.
The Trust's PREPARE for surgery team have been named Patient Partnership and Surgical Team of the Year, at the BMJ Awards 2017.
New nappies specifically designed to meet the needs of premature babies are to be piloted at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s two neo-natal intensive care units. The range of new nappies,…
Researchers at the Western Eye Hospital have developed a new diagnostic tool to detect the earliest signs of glaucoma.
Dr Catherine Urch has been appointed the Trust's new Divisional Director for Surgery, Cardiovascular and Cancer.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust patients are set to benefit from two national investment programmes announced today by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens. As part of the Five Year…
Trust and CCGs challenge Hammersmith and Fulham council leader Stephen Cowan over inaccurate and misleading claims about Charing Cross Hospital
A new book written by nurses at the Trust to help healthcare professionals looking after patients with dementia has been published.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is to feature in a second series of the BBC Two documentary, 'Hospital'.
In a decision about the Paddington Cube planning application made on Monday 6 February, the Mayor of London has acknowledged our serious concerns about the safety of the scheme’s proposed new road…
Dr Tracey Batten has tendered her resignation as chief executive after three years at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, to return home to Australia. Dr Tracey Batten said: “My decision has not…
The Trust has entered into a new partnership with British technology company DeepMind to help it harness the latest digital technology to support better patient care.
A planning application for a vital new outpatients building at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington has been submitted to Westminster City Council by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The proposed…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust features in a new documentary, following staff and patients at its five hospitals – Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea, St Mary’s and…
A patient who suffered a mysterious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction after eating his Christmas dinner and going for a walk, has been diagnosed with a rare allergy by clinicians at St…
Clinicians have used high-intensity, focused ultrasound waves for the first time in the UK to treat patients with debilitating tremors, avoiding traditional, invasive brain surgery techniques.
The Trust responds to Westminster City Council granting planning permission for the Paddington Quarter development
Following recent reports, the Trust reiterates the position on the long-term, future plans for Charing Cross Hospital
A new website borne out of a successful anti-infections app used by the Trust has been developed to help GPs in North West London prescribe antibiotics more effectively.
Work to help the children’s intensive care unit at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington save even more young patients’ lives has started - a year after a charity appeal to renovate and expand the…
More than 75,000 patients are now able to receive their appointment notifications via email rather than traditional post, as part of a project to improve how the Trust communicates with patients.
A leading clinical research facility at Hammersmith Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare Trust, has been awarded more than £10 million in funding for clinical excellence, the Department…
An amnesty for people to bring back their unused antibiotics and help combat antibiotic resistance is being held for the second year at St Mary’s, Charing Cross and Hammersmith hospitals.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is helping to develop new technology to quickly detect whether a patient is suffering from internal bleeding, potentially saving the lives of trauma patients…
A specialist mental health midwife at the Trust has been crowned 'Rising Star' at this year's Nursing Times Awards 2016. Dionne Levy supports pregnant women with mental health problems.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington to meet four nurses from the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust who have been shortlisted for the Nursing Times…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has seen the biggest increase nationally in the number of new clinical research studies it commissions and conducts
The Trust is emailing patients asking for permission to send information to them about their appointments by email rather than by post.
The children’s intensive care unit at St Mary’s Hospital is marking 25 years of exceptional care for critically ill children with a new campaign centred around the unit’s patients, staff and key…
A world renowned ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeon from Charing Cross Hospital has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to laryngology – receiving the Isshiki Award from the British…
A simple device can improve the ability of patients with arm disability to play physiotherapy-like computer games, according to new research carried out at Imperial College Healthcare Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support have announced plans to improve the support provided to the growing number of people across North West London…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are to share a single electronic patient record system in order to provide patients with better care…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in partnership with Imperial College has received £90m for research to develop and improve treatments for patients.
Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust will be taking part in Healthy Living Week from 26-30 September with the Trust's 10,000 plus staff encouraged to get involved by making a personal ‘healthy…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has created the first hospital based support group of its kind for patients with advanced oesophageal and gut cancers.
A pathologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has led the UK’s first ever televised post-mortem to understand the impact obesity has on the human body, as part of a documentary for BBC Three.
Plans for a brand new building for outpatient services at St Mary’s Hospital have been unveiled. The proposed eight-storey building will bring together the majority of outpatient services, which are…
The consultant who set up the children’s intensive care unit at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington has completed a 43.5 mile swim across the English Channel to raise funds for the More Smiles Appeal.
Young adults with learning disabilities are to gain valuable work experience at the Trust through a supported training programme called ‘Project SEARCH’.
Residents, patients, staff and other interested groups, are invited to attend a public exhibition to review proposals for a new building on the St Mary’s Hospital site.
Pathology services in three North West London Trusts have joined forces to create a modern and more efficient service. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation…
The ‘St Mary’s Hospital More Smiles Appeal’ has reached £1 million – 50 per cent of its fundraising target – thanks to the generous support of the public.
Residents, patients and staff are to be consulted on plans to redevelop the eastern area of St Mary’s Hospital site. The proposal is for the creation of a brand new building which will house the…
Patients with cardiac related chest pain or who need urgent renal or haematology care will benefit from improved access to services through the introduction of two new ‘direct entry’ urgent care…
Professor Andrew Bush and Peter Goldsbrough have been appointed non-executive directors of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust alongside two designate non-executive directors, Nick Ross and…
Professor Robert Winston has marked a year of sessions for staff at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to talk about the emotional and social challenges of caring for patients by attending a…
Waiting times for patients requiring gender reassignment surgery have been included as part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s standard monthly report to NHS England for the first time.
The exceptional achievements of NHS staff were recognised at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s annual staff awards.
Four NHS organisations have set up a joint initiative to develop a radically better way of providing care for the nearly 200,000 people living in Hammersmith and Fulham.
Road closures and disruption for Prudential RideLondon 29 July
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has visited Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital to learn more about the Youth Violence Intervention Programme, which aims…
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust have joined the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC).
Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has launched seminar series with an event on how big data is changing healthcare. Experts from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and…
Women who have their babies at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, will be the first in the country to receive Finnish-style ‘baby boxes’ for their…
A biomedical scientist from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has won an award for his academic performance in his professional exams.
Praed Street in Paddington will be closed for up to three months for emergency sewer works. The closure is currently limited to between the junction of Praed Street and London Street and the…
Patients receiving treatment at Charing Cross Hospital’s Riverside Theatres will benefit from improved facilities and a more efficient service following a £1.8 million refurbishment and remodelling…
Professor Lesley Regan, head of obstetrics and gynaecology at St Mary’s Hospital, has been elected the first female president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for 64 years.
The wife of a commercial bee farmer has developed a potentially life-saving resistance to bee stings following treatment by medics at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. Lucy Zaichenko, 47, and her…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is asking patients, carers, local residents and other stakeholders about clinician-led proposals to improve care pathways for patients with chest pain or who…
A charity 5-aside-football tournament has raised more than £1,000 for the More Smiles Appeal to help expand and improve the Children’s Intensive Care Unit at St Mary’s Hospital. The event organised…
Six allied health professionals from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will be undertaking research in the fields of pharmacy, midwifery, nutrition and physiotherapy as part of a programme to…
Patients visiting accident and emergency (A&E) at St Mary’s Hospital are set to benefit from improved facilities and an increase in treatment areas for the most serious cases following a £3.2…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has joined a new voluntary financial improvement programme being run by NHS Improvement, to help identify and deliver additional efficiency savings.
A nurse from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has helped advise the stars of Eastenders on the portrayal of Peggy Mitchell’s breast cancer story line.
A nurse from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been crowned nurse of the year by RCNi.
Staff from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have been praised for their long service at a recent awards event.
Clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have used MRI guided focussed ultrasound for the first time to treat prostate cancer, as part of a new trial.
We’re launching the first phase of outpatient improvement works at Charing Cross Hospital. Some outpatient clinics will be relocated during this time.
An occupational therapist from the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has told an audience of international dementia experts how a new flagging system is helping elective surgical patients with…
In April 2015, Macmillan Cancer Support and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust launched an innovative telephone support service for people affected by cancer in North West London. One year on,…
A nurse and a volunteer with early onset dementia from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, have told top experts at an international conference how they have transformed dementia care training at…
Women who have experienced miscarriage will be able to participate in a new research programme dedicated to understanding more about early miscarriage. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has…
Two healthcare support workers from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have spoken about the impact an innovative nutrition and hydration programme has had, on patients with dementia, at an…
Starlight Children's Foundation brought a big dose of sunshine to poorly children at St Mary’s Hospital earlier this week when its amazing Storytellers Tour paid a visit.
A consultant surgeon from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been recognised for his contribution to the recruitment of patients to clinical trials.
A consultant radiologist from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been elected President of the Royal College of Radiologists.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust chief operating officer and deputy chief executive Steve McManus has been appointed managing director of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust.
A consultant radiologist from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has won a lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contributions to therapeutic ultrasound.
Bakerloo line will not stop at Paddington station 2 April – August 2016
A mother, whose daughter Grace died aged 13 months after a serious reaction to chicken pox, is walking 50 miles in her memory while also raising money for the ‘St Mary’s Hospital More Smiles Appeal’…
A surgeon from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has won an award for his outstanding academic performance.
A new app to guide and remind pregnant women about vaccines recommended during pregnancy has been launched by researchers and clinicians after they became concerned about low uptake.
Cardiovascular patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are amongst a handful in the UK to be fitted with an innovative new wireless mini-pacemaker.
Medical staff at St Mary's Hospital have helped to pilot a new app that could help medics to manage their caseloads and identify patients most urgently in need of care.
Pioneering clinical and health research projects were showcased at a special public event at Hammersmith Hospital. More than 150 visitors attended the Health Research Matters event, a celebration of…
As part of our outpatient improvement programme, we want to get patients’ views on plans for a major refurbishment of outpatient clinics across our sites.
Public health minister Jane Ellison has met with service users of the African Well Women Clinic in Acton run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, to…
A new art display to showcase how patients and clinicians are working with researchers to improve cancer care has been launched at a special event. The Imperial Butterfly Artwork Installation:…
A team of renal consultants and specialist nurses has helped to increase the uptake of home dialysis by kidney patients through a dedicated home dialysis education clinic and training programme.
Seven biomedical scientists from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have been awarded the Queen’s Ebola Medal for their life-saving work in the Ebola stricken country of Sierra Leone.
From 28 January 2016, we are changing the email address patients should use to contact our outpatient booking office. This is the office that deals with many of our appointments. You might want to…
Patients with dementia receiving treatment at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are being offered specialised support to help ensure they are eating and drinking enough while in hospital.
Doctors from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have helped formulated a system that uses ultrasound images to accurately work out the likelihood of an ovarian growth being cancerous.
Central London CCG has appointed Vocare Ltd to run the urgent care centre (UCC) at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington on a five year contract, following a competitive tender process. The UCC has been…
We would like to invite local people to become patient assessors and help us to improve the environment where we deliver patient care.
A new ward specially designed to support dementia patients has been opened at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Dr Julian Redhead has been appointed as Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s new medical director. Dr Redhead, currently the Trust’s deputy medical director, brings to the role years of clinical…
A consultant eye surgeon at the Western Eye Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, is warning party goers this Christmas and New Year to be careful of flying corks from sparkling…
Children being treated at St Mary’s Hospital are now benefiting from meals freshly prepared onsite, in a brand new kitchen.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge is supporting a major fundraising appeal to expand and improve the Children's Intensive Care Unit at the hospital where her children were born.
A major fundraising appeal is being launched today to help expand and improve the Children’s Intensive Care Unit at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Children at St Mary’s Hospital enjoyed some early festive cheer this week after they were treated to a special performance of the classic Christmas pantomime, Aladdin.
An amnesty for people to surrender their unused or out of date antibiotics and help combat antibiotic resistance is being held by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust from the 16 November to 4…
The Western Eye Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, is the first hospital in the world to introduce a new software program to identify patients who are at most risk of rapidly…
A Diabetes Festival for young people aged two to 19 will bring more than 200 young people together for this year’s World Diabetes Day.
A Doctor and Nurse working at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have helped design a comic book for children, which aims to explain a serious adult disease to young people in an approachable,…
A nurse from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has given the chief executive and registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) her flu jab during a visit to St Mary’s hospital, Paddington.
An IT Project Manager has scooped top prize in the E-Health Insider Awards.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s endovascular robot, the only one of its kind in the UK, has performed a procedure on the prostate gland for the very first time.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and water management consultants ADSM, were awarded the ‘Value and Improvement through Outsourcing’ award last night at the 2015 Health Service Journal (HSJ)…
New specialist services for older patients requiring short hospital stays or specific medical treatment have been introduced by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
A nurse from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has advised on the accurate portrayal of breast cancer in a new Hollywood blockbuster film, Miss You Already, released on Friday 25 September.
A west London PhD student has undergone pioneering brain surgery at Charing Cross Hospital, where surgeons used two pieces of innovative technology to help them remove his brian tumour without…
A PhD student from Devon has undergone pioneering brain surgery at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Surgeons at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are among the first in the UK to introduce a new surgical eye pressure lowering device to help prevent sight loss.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has named its new director of people and organisation development as David Wells, who brings a wealth of commercial human resources experience.
St Mary’s, Charing Cross and Hammersmith hospitals have been praised for welcoming the carers of people with dementia for extended visiting hours.
Cast members from the hit west end show, Aliens Love Underpants, made a surprise visit to children being treated at St Mary’s Hospital earlier this week.
Doctors at Charing Cross Hospital are investigating whether a type of electric plaster can help clear furred-up arteries in legs and heal hard-to-treat wounds.
Following supportive feedback from staff, patients and stakeholders, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is to go ahead with its proposal to bring all of its stroke services together at Charing…
Four nurses at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have been shortlisted for the prestigious Nursing Times awards.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been named as one of the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ) best places to work in 2015.
Researchers have devised a breath test that can help doctors diagnose the early signs of oesophageal and gastric cancer in minutes.
More mums-to-be will be able to give birth at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and St Mary’s hospitals following the completion of work to improve and expand facilities, and to increase staff numbers, at…
The outstanding achievements of NHS staff were recognised at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s annual staff achievement awards. BBC newsreader Nicholas Owen hosted the special event, which…
Queen’s Young Leaders visit St Mary’s gang violence intervention project
Leading allergy consultant features on ITV’s This Morning
An innovative leadership programme - which was created to develop healthcare staff across Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - has scooped top prize in the HPMA Excellence in HRM Awards 2015.
Surgeons at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have introduced a new transplant technique which is transforming eye surgery and recovery times for patients. The new procedure - known as…
Clinical nurse specialist Dorcas Gwata was presented a Nursing Standard award for her work with young people involved in gangs in Westminster. She won the award in the mental health category,…
New activity packs which aim to maintain patients’ wellbeing through painting and music have been designed by nurses at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The activity packs, which have been…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been designated a Hyper Acute Stroke Research Centre by the National Institute for Health Research’s assessment panel. On the 1 April 2015 the Trust was…
A nurse from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has won an award for her work to improve care for patients receiving intravenous (IV) therapy. Jan Hitchcock websiteJan Hitchcock, vascular access…
Surgeons will pioneer the testing of new technology which aims to enable surgeons to instantly tell the difference between healthy and cancerous brain tissue. Currently, one of the major obstacles…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has named its new chief financial officer as Richard Alexander, who brings a wealth of experience from both the NHS and the commercial sector.
Nurses at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have designed a 'carer’s passport' which enables carers of patients who have dementia or are vulnerable to visit outside hospital visiting hours. The…
Nurses have helped launch Macmillan Cancer Support’s ‘Not Alone’ Isolation Box to highlight the plight of lonely cancer patients in the UK. Lead cancer nurse for the Trust Diane Dunn and Jillian de…
Macmillan and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have launched a new partnership that aims to provide cancer patients and their families with an excellent experience of cancer care. The…
The paediatric team at St Mary’s Hospital have once again gone out into the community to inform local families about health care for children.
Staff at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust were joined by footballer Sean Davis from Fulham Football Club in December to mark the official opening of the new state of the art radiotherapy…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will be closely working with British Red Cross and Age UK Kensington & Chelsea who will be providing extra support for patients leaving hospital and preventing…
A doctor at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been awarded for exceptional performance in her recent surgical exams by the Royal College of Surgeons.
A unique pop-up studio in London harnessing the power of design to transform approaches to key diseases in the NHS and prevent everyday healthcare problems, was unveiled today to His Royal Highness…
Doctors at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have pioneered the UK’s first reported successful organ donation from a newborn baby. Doctors at the Trust with the support of the baby’s parents…
A patient recovered from a rare life threatening illness at Hammersmith Hospital after going to the urgent care centre. Emily Daenell, 21, had a serious infection, a form of toxic shock which only…
A trauma surgeon from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has won a military award for his work in Afghanistan. Surgeon Commander Mansoor Khan was part of the Operation Herrick 19 unit who won…
NHS England has appointed Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a designated Genomic Medical Centre (GMC) in partnership with Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Marsden NHS…
A local artist describes how art aided his recovery from a stroke at an event for stroke survivors at Charing Cross Hospital.
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust responds to the report of its inspection by the Care Quality Commission
Professor Jonathan Weber has been appointed Director of Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). A leading HIV expert at Imperial College London, Professor Weber has taken up his…
An outreach project, initiated by funding from Imperial College Healthcare Charity, has allowed paediatric diabetes dietitian Mae Said to visit over 30 schools and 40 patient’s homes in the London…
A consultant paediatrician at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has won an NHS Inspirational Leader of the Year award.
A creative cancer patient, treated at Charing Cross Hospital, has drawn inspiration from doctors and nurses supporting her through her treatment and created a photography exhibition in their honour.
In response to the Evening Standard article published on 24 November 2014 regarding the development of Charing Cross Hospital, an Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust spokesperson said...
Children at St Mary’s Hospital were treated to some festive magic when Starlight Children’s Foundation dropped by with their Christmas pantomime.
Nurses at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will be sharing their knowledge on how to reduce pressure ulcers in support of Stop the Pressure Day on the 20 November 2014. Stop the Pressure…
A senior clinical technologist at St Mary’s Hospital has developed an innovative self-learning device for nursing staff working in the neonatal intensive care unit. An interactive ‘kiosk’, it helps…
Our plans for maintaining high quality care and how everyone can help Plans are in place for ensuring Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust continues to provide high quality care for all our…
Judges at the Health Service Journal felt Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent is a fantastic role model for black and minority ethnic people. The HSJ celebrates the huge contribution people from…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is hosting a range of events to commemorate the World War One centenary, including an exhibition of photographs showing the interaction between medical staff…
The Trust’s urological surgery team out performed twenty competitors to win this year’s Cancer Research Excellence in Surgical Trials (CREST) award from the National Institute for Health Research-…
As an Imperial College London study is launched to understand more about pre-eclampsia, a Trust patient speaks out about how she was treated for this potentially fatal condition. The unique new…
Trust doctors and nurses are visiting other hospitals to teach staff about the importance of caring for the veins of renal patients. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust staff will be launching…
A new child health initiative - which is delivering a different way of working across the NHS in north west London to provide the highest quality patient care for children and their families - has…
The Trust’s director of nursing Janice Sigsworth has been recognised for her influence on nursing policy in healthcare and her professional leadership. Janice was named in the 2014 Clinical Leaders…
A pilot study testing a new type of drug in patients with chronic diarrhoea at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has shown promising effects on reducing their symptoms. Bile acid diarrhoea…
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is this month going smoke free at all our hospitals. To coincide with ‘Stoptober’, England's mass 28 day stop smoking campaign, from October Imperial College…
It was smiles all round for St Mary’s youngest patients when they celebrated national play in hospital week. Play in hospital week aims to raise awareness of the benefits of play in the treatment…
Government minister Norman Baker visited the Trust’s major trauma centre on 15 October to learn about a new service which aims to tackle youth gang violence. The youth violence intervention…
Imperial College Healthcare’s Major Trauma Centre was recently ranked the best in the country by independent expert clinicians who assessed the service. The 24/7 centre is based at St Mary’s…
Clinical nurse specialist in gynecological cancers Valerie Ng joined other Macmillan professionals and people affected by cancer at a special event on Saturday (October 4). Leading British fashion…
The innovative Rhythmia Mapping system - a first of its kind for the NHS and Europe - will offer patients improved treatment of complicated heart rhythm disorders (cardiac arrhythmias) with shorter…
Professor Lord Winston has become patron of the Friends of Hammersmith Hospital in support of the charity’s commitment to helping improve hospital services for local people
Letter to Hammersmith & Fulham council expressing concern about allegations made against the Trust.
A neurosurgery consultant at Imperial College NHS Trust has developed an app to save lives by alerting trained first aiders to emergencies in their vicinity.
Research involving volunteer couples at Hammersmith Hospital has resulted in 12 babies being born using a potentially safer way of obtaining eggs for use in IVF. The babies have been born after…
Schoolgirl Daisy Ames’ life was turned around after she was diagnosed with multiple allergies and received effective treatment at St Mary’s Hospital paediatric allergy clinic. Daisy, aged eight from…
Congratulations to Professor Janice Sigsworth, director of nursing, for being recognised by the Nursing Times for excellence in leadership. This achievement was announced yesterday, 9 June, at a…
Cancer patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust will benefit from a volunteer-led service called Imperial Companions funded by charity Macmillan Cancer Support to help overcome issues…
The president of charity Diabetes UK, Richard Lane OBE, officially opened the Imperial Foot Unit at St Mary’s Hospital last week. The new purpose-build unit consists of five bedded bays and an…
Grandmother Annette Levy is delighted she can play with her seven grandchildren again after undergoing simple ‘balloon surgery’ by Mr Mo Akmal, consultant orthopaedic and spinal surgeon, to cure…
A midwife at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been awarded the prestigious MAMA Midwife of the Year 2014 award for helping women to have the birth they would like. Victoria Cochrane, the…
Maternity services run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have been recognised by global charity UNICEF (United Nation’s Children Fund) for their work supporting women to breastfeed. The…
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited Hammersmith Hospital today to launch MedCity, a major new medical research and translation initiative at Imperial College London.
A TB service jointly run by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in Hammersmith and Fulham showed its support for World TB Day on 24 March by holding an awareness-raising and fundraising event.
The vulnerability of premature and sick babies was brought home to commuters by a unique fundraising event at Paddington Station today (11 March) to raise money for the neonatal units run by…
There were smiles all round when Starlight Storytellers visited the children’s department at St Mary’s Hospital this week.
The brain cancer service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has been chosen to join a network of Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence to help drive forward ground-breaking research into…
Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre held a special event last week to mark its recent award of AHSC status.
A new mural by Bridget Riley, one of Britain’s most respected abstract painters, has been unveiled at St Mary’s Hospital.
Hammersmith MP Andy Slaughter has officially opened the new Macmillan information service at Hammersmith Hospital.
Dr Tracey Batten has been appointed chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in North West London.
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