King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

We're proud to feature in the new series of the Channel 4 documentary series 'Emergency' that aired this week. Emergency follows the stories of seriously injured patients who are treated by London’s Major Trauma Network, and provides a fascinating insight into the outstanding care provided by trauma teams such as ours. Hear from Mr Ibraheim El-Daly, Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon, who features in Emergency and Dr Malcolm Tunnicliff, Clinical Director for Major Trauma and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at King’s ⬇ #TeamKings #C4Emergency

We are delighted to announce the results of the 2024 Council of Governors election. The Council of Governors plays a crucial role in ensuring that our key stakeholders – patients, the public, staff, and partner organisations – have a voice in shaping the future of our local health service. Our governors are elected and appointed from four key constituencies: - Public Governors: Representing our local communities. - Patient Governors: Representing King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust patients, including those residing outside our primary service areas. - Staff Governors: Representing a diverse range of staff roles across the Trust. - Nominated Governors: Appointed representatives from our stakeholder organisations. Congratulations to all the successful candidates, both new and re-elected, and thank you to everyone who participated in the voting process. Images featured are of some of our new governors: Pauline Manning a Patient Governor, Temitayo Olanrewaju Taiwo and Jane Lyons as Public Governors and Michael Bartley a Staff Governor - welcome! Read more about the election results: https://bit.ly/3zKW5lj #TeamKings

King's is dedicated to embracing the broad diversity of our staff, patients and communities, and stand firmly against all forms of prejudice and discrimination. You can access more information here: https://bit.ly/4fxTPhL

We are delighted to announce that several members of #TeamKings have been recognised at the Black Healthcare Awards!   Congratulations to Tosan Okubule-Kotey, Head of Nursing for Theatres and Anaesthetics; Roseline Agyekum, Community Kidney Nurse Researcher; and Felicia Kwaku OBE, Associate Director of Nursing, on winning a Black Healthcare Award.   We also extend our congratulations to Ms Rantimi Ayodele, Site Medical Director for the PRUH and South Sites and Deputy Chief Medical Officer; and Fester Ike, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Adult Haemoglobinopathies on being shortlisted for the Livingbridge Leadership & Health Clinical Leader Award, and for the Dame Elizabeth Anionwu Award for Sickle Cell Nursing, respectively.   The Black Healthcare Awards, hosted by the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN), celebrate Black health and care workers who have established themselves as outstanding in their practice. This year's awards were the first to focus solely on Black healthcare professionals of the Caribbean or African diaspora.   Hear from our winners on our website: bit.ly/3WSuHuQ   #TeamKings #BHAwards24

We're continuing with our #BrilliantPeople series, which celebrates some of the many and varied roles held by staff at King’s, including healthcare professionals and non-clinical staff.   Today, we meet Dr Lisa Long, an Obstetric Consultant at King's College Hospital.   In the video, Lisa said:   "Why I love coming to work every day. It's undoubtedly the teams. The team of Midwives, Clerical Staff, Porters, and Healthcare Assistants I work with on a day-to-day basis.    "I have a varied week and role. I look after mums in the antenatal, postnatal and labour periods. I do antenatal clinics; I perform caesarean sections and I look after women in the labour ward as well.   "It's just an absolute privilege to be part of people's growing families. I think as a doctor, it's a really interesting side of medicine because you've got two people to look after, mum and baby at the same time."   #TeamKings #NHS #Obstetric 

We are delighted to announce that Mira Osinibi, Paediatric Respiratory Clinical Nurse Specialist at King’s College Hospital, has been shortlisted for a Nursing Times award in the Children’s Services category.   The Nursing Times Awards consist of 25 categories covering a wide range of fields and specialties from mental health to care in the community, as well as diversity and inclusion.   Mira has been recognised for her work to help adolescents understand the dangers of vaping. She explained: “Our service helps parents and adolescents give up smoking, and since 2020 we have seen an increase in vaping among our young patients. Although vaping is less harmful than smoking, it comes with its own health risks, especially for young people whose lungs have not fully developed.   “There is clearly a need for up-to-date information and education around this issue, so as part of my role as a Paediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, I developed an educational talk for secondary schools, tailored for young audiences, with information about the harm caused by adolescent vaping. Since December 2022, I have spoken to around 15,000 children aged 11-18 years old within London, Kent and Brighton.   “We are now using our knowledge to educate and inform our colleagues in different NHS Trusts around the UK, with the aim of helping younger patients be more aware of the harms of vaping, and to help give up the habit.   “This nomination and shortlisting of such a prestigious nursing award feels very special to me. I am fully dedicated to health prevention and to have the award panel recognise this initiative as innovative, inclusive and patient-focused means the world to me. I feel very proud to be working in King’s College Hospital with my paediatric respiratory team who continuously support my work. I am particularly thankful to our Head of Nursing Children’s Health, Sarah Harris, and Paediatric Respiratory Consultant, Dr Cara Bossley, for their ongoing positive encouragement towards this project.”    Read more from Tracey Carter, Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Midwifery at King’s College Hospital on our website: https://bit.ly/4c0Ogp5    #TeamKings #NursingTimesAwards

🎉 Celebrating 76 Years of the #NHS!   As we mark this significant milestone, we want to shine a light on the incredible staff at King's College Hospital and what working in the NHS means to them.   Fester Ike, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia at King's, shares her passion for her work within the NHS: "I have been in this role for a decade and absolutely enjoy what I do for a living. I am deeply passionate about caring for patients with sickle cell because I come from a family affected by the condition, including one of my siblings. It gives me immense joy to see the positive impact I can make with my expertise." Read the article to find out more 👇 #TeamKings #NHS76 #NHS

🗳️ Our 2024 Governor Elections are now open. Governors play an important role in your local #HealthServices. Our Council of Governors helps to ensure that our key stakeholders – including patients, members of the public, staff, and partner organisations – have a say in shaping their local health service. Polls close on 5pm, 17 July 2024. To vote, you must be a Member of the Trust. Find out more by visiting: https://bit.ly/3xU42DY. #TeamKings

As part of #ArmedForcesWeek, we also marked #ReservesDay on 26 June to celebrate the incredible contributions of reservists within our organisation. Today, we share the inspiring story of Lance Corporal Izzy Adamson, a Combat Medical Technician, who recently returned from training the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF). At King's College Hospital, Izzy works as an Occupational Therapist in Critical Care. As an army reservist with the 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment, she spent three weeks in Uganda this January, helping train UPDF medical personnel. Izzy said: "At King's, we are proficient in serving a diverse patient population and collaborating with teams. My experience in Uganda further developed these skills, involving effective communication across language barriers and respectful observance of cultural traditions. "The individuals we trained encompassed a wide range of professions, including radiographers, nurses, dieticians, doctors, porters, pharmacists, and more. Our responsibility involved enhancing their skills and assisting in the transition of knowledge from their hospital context to frontline medical care." Izzy’s story showcases the unique skills and experiences reservists bring to our organisation. We are proud to support our reservists and honour their dedication and service. #TeamKings 

Windrush Day at King's!   Windrush Day was marked on Saturday, 22 June, and to celebrate this important day, our Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) network, the Inter Faith & Belief network, and the Chaplaincy team held a thanksgiving service at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) on Friday, 21 June.   Among the attendees were Professor Clive Kay, Chief Executive of the Trust; Angela Helleur, Site Chief Executive for the PRUH and South Sites, Rantimi Ayodele, Deputy Chief Medical Director at King's; Bernadette Thompson, Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at King's; and Patsy Morris, a former midwife at King's with a remarkable connection to the #WindrushGeneration who also trained Angela on her journey to becoming a midwife at the Trust.   The event, which was held in the Chapel at the PRUH, offered the opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the past and present as we acknowledged the commitment and courage of the people who came before us.   #TeamKings #WindrushDay