West Middlesex University Hospital is a modern, award-winning, acute hospital in west London, part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Even our youngest patients are celebrating the 70 year reign of our monarch with their own crocheted jubilee crowns 👑
#platinumjubilee
📸 Special Care Baby Unit at West Mid
This afternoon, we were delighted to be joined by
@brentfordfc
who spread some festive cheer on our wards!
Thank you so much for coming—everyone loved it and good luck for the rest of the season and your final one at Griffin Park! ⚽️
#PROUDtoCare
We are
#PROUD
to be one of the 1st London NHS Trusts to complete a hip replacement surgery in a day.
Sunny's infection risk was reduced and he returned home to recover just 7 hours later. Well done to the Trauma and Orthopaedics team at West Mid!
Chelsea Pensioner, Bob Sullivan, 98 receives his first dose of Covid vaccine from
@ChelwestFT
Chief Nurse Pippa Nightingale—
@Pippanightinga4
.
We’ll be vaccinating all residents at The Royal Hospital Chelsea—
@RHChelsea
.
Congratulations to Tonie Neville who received an
@NHSEngland
CMO Gold Award from the Chief Midwifery Officer for England
@dunkleybent
in recognition of her 35 years as midwife
@WestMidHospital
and 40 years’ service to the NHS—wishing you all the best in your retirement Tonie!
Following a recent CQC inspection, our maternity services are proud to be rated Oustanding -with a strong focus on reducing inequalities for those we care for.
We’ll continue to make improvements so we can deliver the safest and most personalised maternity care
#WestMidProud
And last but very much not least, David Bushby, our Deputy Director of Nursing for Clinical Learning & Development, promoted a message of inclusion and
#respect
for all people that identify as LGBT+ as we launch the
@RainbowNHSBadge
initiative.
#PROUDtoCare
#Diversity
#NHS
🌈🏳️🌈
Congratulations to
@ChelwestRD
for recruiting 65 patients onto the RECOVERY trial.
The RECOVERY trial is run by
@UniofOxford
and will enable the reliable assessment of the effects of multiple new and established treatments on major outcomes among people
with COVID-19.
We wanted to ask the simple question of
#WhyAreYouPROUD
to our brilliant colleagues.
The responses were outstanding and we’d like to share them with you.
Hear from Pauline, Matron—ICU/Critical Care!
Full video coming soon.
#PROUDtoCare
💙
Best of luck to
@BrentfordFC
for the big Championship game tonight!
#BREFUL
We are so grateful for your ongoing support and we can't wait to see you
@WestMidHospital
again soon ⚽️💙
Proud to recognise the invaluable contribution the
#Windrush
generation and their descendants have had on our country, the
#NHS
and our organisation. Hear from Nursing Sister Cindy who has proudly worked with us for 25 years.
#PROUDtoCare
#WindrushDay
#Windrush70
#NHS70
It’s been a long time coming...but our new
@marksandspencer
is open! Our COO
@RDH1974
and Hospital Director
@tinambenson
did the opening honours, and we were even joined by Percy Pig himself. Share your photos with us, we’d love to see them!
#PROUDtoCare
✂️🎉🎀 🐷
"Everyone keeps an eye out for Jamal. They really look after him. I know I never have to worry. Every morning he says, 'I like it'."
Jamal is 20, and works here as part of Project SEARCH, an internship for young people with autism and/or learning disabilities.
Thank you to everyone for celebrating our 100th anniversary today including those involved in organising it:
@cwpluscharity
former and existing staff, our patients, guests and our local communities. We are proud to serve you and look forward to the next 100 years to come.
Huge congratulations to Victoria Cochrane, Director of Midwifery at
@ChelwestFT
who has been awarded an MBE for services to midwifery in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List!
@ihpch
Keeping up with the
@CareQualityComm
results celebrations, our ‘Outstanding’ maternity team were presented with their own celebratory cake!
#PROUDtoCare
🍰
Congratulations to Syon 1 team for the excellent Friends and Family Test response rate from surgical inpatients. Your feedback is important to us and helps us continuously improve the quality of care for all our patients.
Today we celebrated the graduation of our Project SEARCH interns, as they come to the end of their year-long programme with us. We were delighted to be joined by their families and staff to recognise all of their hard work.
#TuesdayThoughts
#PROUDtoCare
#ProjectSEARCH
🎊
We were delighted to share some of the wonderful messages from our local community on
@itvlondon
as part of
#OneMillionClaps
!
Find out more about the campaign below
#PROUDtoCare
👏
Welcome to the brand new Foundation Year 1 doctors who've joined
@WestMidHospital
today. After a thorough induction they start work on 1 August. Please make them feel at home and help them settle in. Do you remember
#WednesdayWisdom
you were given when you started your first job?
Mr Kokri has become our first patient to be given a dual chamber ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) in our cardiac unit. Previously he would have had to travel into central London but we are now able to offer the service locally
#PROUDtoCare
Our staff are working incredibly hard in the face of significant pressures. It is a privilege to have the Armed Forces in our hospitals to help at one of our most challenging times of the year
We've got our fingers crossed for tonight as Salma, one of our youth volunteers (who also won Volunteer of the year at our 2019 Staff Awards!) is shortlisted in the Young Volunteer of the year category in tonight's
@help_force
Champions Awards.
Good luck Salma!
#PROUDtoCare
🤞
'The most rewarding aspect of our work is seeing children’s faces light up when they see Elsie.'
Lucy and Elsie visit our wards weekly—and never fail to put a smile on the faces of everyone they meet.
Read more about Lucy and Elsie
#VolunteersWeek
🐶
May is
#StrokeAwarenessMonth
and we want to say a special shout out to our amazing stroke ward, Kew 💙
The work you do is truly second to none
#NHSheroes
It’s important for us to keep our staff healthy. They now have a chance to refuel, do yoga, try virtual workouts and more.
Special thanks to
@cwpluscharity
for setting up the wellness areas for across our hospital sites. The
@westmidhospital
is open-today! Take a peek! #
This morning, we were delighted to open our new restaurant.
The official ribbon cutting was undertaken by our Chief Executive,
@LesleyWattsCEO
and our Director of Estates and Facilities, David Butcher.
#PROUDtoCare
#MondayMotivation
🏥
A huge thank you to the
@EnglandRugby
Sevens squad who took time out of their busy training schedule this week to bring some festive cheer to patients and staff
@WestMidHospital
!
Today we’re celebrating
#NHS70
& the positive difference the
#NHS
has made since 1948. We’re so
#PROUDtoCare
- and want to say a very big
#ThankYou
to our staff & everyone who makes up our country’s wonderful healthcare service! Our Theatres team are in the spirit... 🙌💙💕
We’re delighted to announce that our CEO Lesley Watts has been awarded a CBE in His Majesty the King’s New Year Honours list for her service to the NHS
🌐
For the past month,
@RAnglians
and
@ArmyInLondon
have been supporting our frontline workers and boosting morale!
“It's been a pleasure and privilege to work alongside the
@BritishArmy
and a huge thank you from everyone at the hospital.”
Learn more at
Tonight there will be another round of
#ClapForCarers
at the main entrance at 8pm—to thank key workers for the incredible role they are playing during these times.
We're delighted to be joined by our blue light colleagues.
Please keep a safe 2m apart.
#ThankYouNHS
We were delighted to present May’s first sepsis star awards to the AMU team here at West Mid ⭐
Congratulations to Sylvie, Irvin, Betiel and Earl for completing 100% of sepsis screens last week, and continuing to provide high quality care for our unwell patients
This
#nationaldogphotographyday
, we'd like to say thank you to Elsie (and Lucy) for the 'impawtant' work they do on our children's wards.
Every Friday they visit our young inpatients, along with our staff—putting smiles on the faces of everyone they meet.
#FridayFeeling
🐶
Twickenham Stadium is hosting the biggest walk-in vaccination event this Bank Holiday Monday for residents of NW London
Just turn up or book a place
📆 Monday 31 May
📍 Twickenham Stadium, TW2 7BA
🕗 10am–8pm
More details ➡️
#LetsTackleCovid
A very big thank you to the anonymous donor who donated 5 electric fans to Marble Hill 1 ward to help patients and staff stay cool in this hot weather 🥵 ☀️. Your gift is much appreciated 😎 🙏
We asked the simple question of
#WhyAreYouPROUD
to our brilliant colleagues.
The responses were outstanding and we’d like to share them with you.
#PROUDtoCare
💙
We were proud to celebrate our long serving staff this afternoon.
Thank you all for your commitment to our Trust.
You can view the rest of the photos on our Facebook page ⬇️
#PROUDtoCare
❤️
To our Nurses, happy
#InternationalNursesDay
today! Thank you for all the care and support you give to our patients.
A big shout out to Kew Ward who were recently GSF awarded for their compassionate end-of-life care. You can read more about it here:
Chitra Sanjel, one of our Practice Development Nurses, was invited to Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister last week in recognition of her efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic
We are very
#Proud
Happy
#NationalPuppyDay
! 2-year-old Olivia was delighted to meet Elsie the poodle from
@PetsAsTherapyUK
in our hospital recently. Therapy dogs help promote patient well-being & faster recoveries - big thanks to all involved for making this paws-ible!
#FridayFeeling
@cwpluscharity
We heard from some of our teams this morning about the
#innovative
work they've been leading across the Trust. First up, our
#publichealth
team and Dr Zul Mirza, share how they're keeping our
#patients
and staff
#healthy
by providing practical advice around
#alcohol
consumption
Just a few more hours until our Christmas at West Mid event where there will be mince pies, carols and even a journey into Santa's Wonderland!
Join us in the atrium from 3pm today.
#PROUDtoCare
A beautiful way to spend
#DyingMattersWeek
today. Our Palliative Care team are presenting all of the bucket list wishes they have received this week—pop into our Atrium to find out more!
#PROUDtoCare
#AreWeReady
💖
#ClapForOurCarers
takes place again tonight at 8pm.
If you are taking part, please make sure you practice social distancing (2m apart) to help keep us all safe and reduce the spread of coronavirus.
#PROUDtoCare
👏
We held a very special volunteers recognition event this afternoon—it was amazing to kick off
#VolunteersWeek
by recognising the fantastic work our volunteers do, supporting both our staff and patients.
#VolunteersWeek2019
@cwpluscharity
💝🤝
We want to say a heartfelt thanks to our staff for working so hard – as they always do – but through what’s been another busy week. ❄️❄️ Your efforts to give patients the best of care despite the snowy conditions are amazing 🙏
#EmployeeAppreciationDay
#NHSHeroes
#PROUDtoCare
We were delighted to be joined by
@RuthCadbury
this morning.
We shared our future proposals to further modernise our facilities and Ruth visited our ED and UCC, getting the chance to see our frontline teams in action.
#PROUDtoCare
#ThursdayThoughts
We are proud to announce Marble Hill 2 have received our latest sepsis star award ⭐
Special congratulations to Josephine Tidon and Asmita Karki for helping the team to achieve the highest sepsis screening rates across the adult inpatient wards in May
Today, we have been celebrating
#SouthAsianHeritageMonth
at West Middlesex Hospital with a range of exciting performances and activities, including henna painting, dance performances and food.
#WestMidProud
A blood clot can occur in anyone without any warning signs or symptoms.
Our haematology team held a stand today in the atrium to raise awareness around VTE.
We hope everyone that attended found this informative!
#PROUDtoCare
Delighted to welcome
@BleasdaleRob
as our Trust's new Chief Nurse Officer 🎊 Robert says: 'I am incredibly proud and excited to be appointed. I'm looking forward to working with staff who demonstrate exceptional team spirit.'
We're delighted to be named the top performing Trust in the country for diagnostic waiting times
@CWHFTImaging
🏆
For the past 2 months, 99.01% of patients had their diagnostic across 15 key areas within 6 weeks, ensuring they got answers quickly.
#ProudToCare
#Diagnostics
We are incredibly
#Proud
to be the only acute Trust to currently have achieved a >90% Flu vaccination rate for our staff!
Well done to
@DDoNChelWest
, our incredible peer vaccinators and our brilliant staff for doing their bit to protect each other and our patients.
#Flu2020
Today please join us at 11am, as we observe a minute's silence to remember the NHS staff and key workers who have lost their lives to
#coronavirus
.
#NeverForgotten
Ron has been
#volunteering
at our hospital for 20 years—from providing information to patients, to being involved in award-winning projects.
Read more about his story
#VolunteersWeek
#proud
❤
Today's been busy for many members of our team as they have been undertaking accreditations of our clinical services as part of our quality improvement programme.
Here they all are at the end of a successful day!
#PROUDtoCare
#FridayFeeling
💝
'I went in to speak for a few minutes with a nurse, I left having met a truly inspirational person.'
Read this piece from a young journalist at
@local_london
about one of amazing nurses, Oliver Lynch!
#PROUDtoCare
❤️👏