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Let us know if you cannot make your appointment as September and October will see a series of National Rail strikes and London Underground strikes.

Industrial action is taking place in October. Read to find out how this affects our services.

September and October will see industrial action taking place across our organisation.

Our Community Diagnostic Centre celebrates its first anniversary today.

The team have been shortlisted for a HSJ award in the category of ‘Modernising Diagnostics Award’.

We are able to announce that our new Chief Finance Officer will join us in January.

We are working with the LGBT Foundation and NHS England to understand and improve barriers to healthcare for LGBT+ people. We are asking everyone who has been a patient/had an appointment with us in the past 12 months to feedback on how we are doing.

A new NHS App feature puts Whittington Health in your pocket.

On Wednesday 5 July, the NHS marked a significant milestone as it celebrated 75 years of caring for millions of individuals across the nation. To mark the occasion, we have launched a new initiative to connect with children living and studying locally.

The charitable donations will help to ensure our charity can continue to improve healthcare services and patient experiences at our Trust.

The refurbishments include the installation of new birthing pools which now feature fully customisable LED lighting allowing users to select the exact mood they want for their birth.

To mark the start of Learning Disability Week on Monday 19 June, we held a film premiere event called 'Empathy in Motion: Unveiling Hospital Journeys'. The event showcased our new films that help people with a learning disability to better understand their visit to hospital.

From IAPT to NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression: new name, same service

The Trust has unveiled its new second Fetal Medicine Unit (FMU) assessment room with a brand-new ultrasound scanner.

May 12, 13, 31 and June 2 and 3 will see a National Rail strike. Let us know if you cannot make your appointment.

The CQC found some very positive practices in our maternity care and identified areas to focus on for improvement

On Tuesday 25 April Wake The Beast theatre performed ‘In Our Own Words’ at the House of Parliament. The piece is a verbatim re-telling of Whittington Health NHS Trust staff experiences and stories during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The service shares their vision for every child in Islington to have the best start in life.

The centre unveiled a stunning mosaic created and designed to promote staff mental wellbeing.

A more convenient way to schedule your blood test appointment.

Advice to the public ahead of four days of action called by the British Medical Association (BMA) which will begin immediately after the long Easter weekend.

Physiotherapist and first-time academic researcher, Clare Grodon, has had a research study published in a national health journal.

A joint Whittington Health and UCLH children’s dental service has won both the ‘Small Scale, Big Impact’ award at the national Smarter Working Live awards, and the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) ‘Outstanding Innovation Award for 2023‘.

The annual Whittington Health staff awards are back for 2023 and nominations are now open!

Smart fridges have been installed across Whittington Hospital, giving staff, patients and visitors access to healthy food options at all hours.

The collaboration between Whittington Health NHS Trust and Capital & Regional was recognised as showing outstanding dedication to improving healthcare and effective collaboration with the NHS.

Whittington Health's MSK team scheduled Super Saturdays to help tackle the backlog of physio appointments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Analysis of data from Whittington Health NHS Trust’s “midwife in your pocket” app reveals prospective parents’ most common queries.

Whittington Health NHS Trust’s ‘Sing For Your Lungs’ choir and five local schools come together in harmony to perform for the Mayor of Islington.

Clinicians from North Mid, Whittington Health NHS Trust and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) have come together to trial a new app, Clinitouch, to monitor patients’ health and vital signs virtually.

Road closures surrounding Whittington Hospital may effect travel to and from the hospital from Monday 13 - Friday 17 February. Please allow extra time to get to and from work if you the closures effect you.

This week, Whittington Health’s Virtual Ward team will trial a new remote monitoring device developed by Current Health.

Patient Initiated Follow Up enables patient to take control of appointments

The inspection is as part of a national maternity inspection programme that they are currently undertaking.

Over the past ten years, over 20,000 people across North Central London have been safely cared for at home by Whittington Health NHS Trust’s ‘Virtual Ward’. The virtual ward will be five times its regular size this winter to care for the large number of unwell people who currently need care and treatment. Keeping hospital beds available for patients who really need them.

100 of our patients are now participating in the GenOMICC trial which aims to find new treatments for COVID-19, sepsis, influenza and other forms of critical illness.

The new service has been tested in two services and will go live across all services from Tuesday 10 January 2023

We are pleased to confirm that Whittington Health's Maternity Service has successfully implemented all 7 of the immediate and urgent actions set out in The Ockenden Review.

Two families welcome their newborns born in the early hours of Christmas morning.

Players from Arsenal Football Club and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club visited young patients in our hospital

We are now trialling a new online system to help you keep your outpatient and virtual appointments, letters and information in one place, online.

Up to 15 babies are expected to be born this Christmas day at Whittington Hospital.

The Whittington Hospital Neonatal team have been awarded silver accreditation from Bliss Baby Charter.

 

 Anice Rodney and Yvonne Smith are Whittington Health NHS Trusts first Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA) graduates.

We are delighted to announce that we have secured planning permission for a significant refurbishment to our maternity and neonatal facilities.

The Whittington Health NHS Trust initiative promoting equality, diversity and inclusivity celebrates another year of success.

NHS patients in Haringey can now get an X-ray and an Xbox, or a blood test and blouse in the same trip, as a new NHS test hub opens in a local shopping centre.

Everyone is invited to join our Annual General Meeting.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.

We have made changes to our mask wearing policy in our hospital and health centres

Sarah Wilding starts with Whittington Health NHS Trust today as the new Chief Nurse and Director of Allied Health Professionals.

Whittington Health NHS Trust has announced that Chinyama Okunuga will become the new Chief Operating Officer

We are delighted to share that two colleagues have received an award as part of the Queen’s Jubilee honours list.

By planning in advance for 2-5 June, you will be protecting yourself and your loved ones, and reducing pressures on emergency services.

We held our (delayed) 2020 Whittington Health Staff Awards last night

Whittington Health NHS Trust have announced that it has appointed Sarah Wilding to take up the post of Chief Nurse and Director of Allied Health Professions.

Whittington Health NHS Trust has announced that it will shortly be submitting plans for significant refurbishment to its maternity and neonatal facilities.

London hospitals North Mid, University College London Hospitals and Whittington Health are together partnering up to launch further support and help for children and young people living with sickle cell.

Helen Brown will be joining Whittington Health as Chief Executive in June

Deputy chief nurse for England presents Whittington Health with award for supporting overseas nurses

We have launched a new consultation into the creation of a health hub in central Haringey.

Help to shape Maternity and Under 5's services in Islington

As of today, Integrated Children’s Therapy Services in Barnet have transferred to Whittington Health.

Our Chief Executive Siobhan Harrington will be leaving Whittington Health NHS Trust in May 2022.

Whittington Health’s Chief Nurse and Director of Allied Health Professionals Michelle Johnson will be leaving her role next summer.

The NHS has set up free telephone lines across London for young people in
distress, open all day, every day, and staffed by trained mental health professionals.
They can provide immediate support, or refer people to other sources of help if
needed.

Our maternity team has opened one of London's first in-house maternity #COVID19 vaccination clinic on our antenatal ward.

We are opening a new Community Diagnostics Centre offering x-ray, ultrasound, ophthalmology and phlebotomy services at The Mall in Wood Green.

We have installed new equipment to provide even better care for our orthopaedic surgery care

The NHS has launched a series of new TV adverts today to encourage people to take up a career in the NHS. They feature a number of Whittington Health Staff and Locations

The London Borough of Islington, where our hospital is located has awarded its highest honour - the Freedom of the Borough - to all Whittington Health staff!

Commemorating the extraordinary efforts of Commonwealth and Windrush NHS nurses and midwives

After a truly remarkable period in our history, our Patients and their loved ones can now nominate in the Patient Choice category of our 2021 Staff Awards

It is good to talk! Join us at our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 30 September 2021, 1.00 - 2.00pm

Whittington Health NHS Trust asks public to follow ‘hands, face space’ in hospitals to keep patients safe after 19 July.

Ahead of Sunday’s Euro 2020 final, Whittington Health is asking local people to treat its staff with respect, as frontline NHS staff working in the Trust’s Emergency Department report being anxious about what match day may hold in store for them during their shifts.

In the week of the NHS’s 73rd Birthday, Whittington Health NHS Trust has been formally accredited as a Living Wage Employer, meaning that all staff are now guaranteed to be paid at least £10.85 per hour.

Islington Council is working in partnership with the NHS and Arsenal Football Club to host a mass vaccination event at Emirates Stadium over four days, Friday 25 to Monday 28 June inclusive.

A new memorial to be unveiled at the entrance of our hospital

Surgical Gloves to be Swapped for Goal Keeping Gloves as Whittington Health Take on North Middlesex University Hospital in the REAL North London Derby, thanks to Tottenham Hotspur and its Global Principal Partner, AIA

A versatile profession that you're unlikely to have heard of.

We welcomed Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall who met with nurses and young patients as part of International Nurses’ Day celebrations.

Today, (5 May 2021) marks International Day of the Midwife, which will be celebrated by midwives and those grateful for the support they have received from midwives around the globe.

People with learning disabilities are six times more likely to die from COVID-19 infection. This startling statistic highlights the importance of vaccinating people with learning disability against COVID-19.

An update about Urgent and Emergency Care for Children and Young People in North Central London

Healthwatch Haringey is working with North Central London CCG (NCL CCG) to help Haringey patients to ‘get online’, and to access NHS video appointments.

2020: The Story of Us will premiere on ITV on Tuesday (16/03/2021) at 9.00pm.

The Spanish international sent his support to everyone working during the pandemic

Haringey Residents Invited to Have Their Say On Future Service Locations

A new initiative has just launched to help our patients see who is treating them, despite the necessary PPE.

Our Chief Nurse and Director of Allied Health Professionals has been made an MBE in the New Year's Honours.

London remains in Tier 4 over New Year

An update on our plans to delivery COVID-19 vaccinations from Hornsey Central Neighbourhood Health Centre

We will be in touch if this affects you

Helping you to stay connected over the festive period.

Help our highly valued Project Wingman lounge to stay open

Photographer Slater King interviewed and photographed the hospital staff during the pandemic and lockdown. It is now a photo book raising money for the hospital’s charity.

Whittington Health is recognised for its work with partners to join up services in Haringey and Islington

London's NHS celebrates inspiring black Londoners

A relaxing space for older patients

Photographer, Slater King's photographs of our staff responding to the COVID-19 pandemic included in this year's 1854 Media and British Journal of Photography 'Portrait of Britain'

As nearly half a million students get their A-level results today, NHS leaders at Whittington Health and across London are calling on young people to consider a career in the NHS.

250 Staff working for Whittington Health NHS Trust are being recruited to take part in a major national study to help scientists to find out more about COVID-19 antibodies and whether having COVID-19 antibodies makes someone immune to the virus.

Whittington Health’s postnatal Cellier Ward has had a complete refurbishment with brand new facilities, welcoming décor and a more modern user-friendly space for a better birth experience.

Whittington Health has become first Trust in London to begin the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard Cultural Change Site.

As Services restart, you can check on the status of our major services in real-time

We have started a trial in which some outpatient appointment can now be carried out via video.

We are sad to announce that Steve Hitchins, Chair of Whittington Health NHS Trust until June this year, passed away unexpectedly last night (Tuesday 24 September).