King George Hospital, part of BHRUT NHS 🏥, has seen ongoing, sustained, improvement in patient flow since they opened their SDEC unit in June '23. The number of A&E patients seen within four hours dramatically improved by almost 50% (14,284 in Feb 2023 to 21,150 in Feb 2024). 12/x

Today’s national data shows we exceeded the A&E recovery target, treating 77.5% of patients within 4 hours, even with March being our busiest month ever. Despite this achievement, we know too many patients are still waiting too long. ow.ly/4mmm50RcWHN

“Really impressive stuff”

Matthew Taylor reflects on a fascinating visit to BHRUT NHS 🏥, which has seen significant improvements in recent years, to become the most improved trust in England for emergency care performance.

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“It was a massive effort to help tackle our waiting list.”

Shout out to the BHRUT NHS 🏥 women’s health team, who completed 60 operations in just six days during their gynaecology week! 💪

They performed 38 major surgeries and 22 robotic procedures to help cut their waiting list.

This week saw a really important story that speaks to who we are as a country. And it wasn’t a story about the colour of a flag on a shirt.

Two new theatres in our King George Elective Surgical Hub which are just weeks away from seeing its first patient - here’s a sneak peak 😀

Leadership simplified:

Hire good people.
Give them the tools to succeed.
Provide them the security to take calculated risks.
Get out of their way.
Let go of over-controlling.
Support, don't thwart.
Cultivate intrinsic motivation.
Trust them to do their job.

Our CEO Matthew Trainer, ‘we’ve had the busiest day across our A&Es in at least five years, quite possibly the busiest day ever.’ Please consider alternatives before coming to A&E as anyone not needing emergency care will face long waits. ow.ly/Rorh50QWAjo

Zoe Newman BHRUT NHS 🏥 Elective & Emergency Care Improvement Support Team Matthew Trainer Great to have your input and support with our KGH Perfect Week BHRUT NHS 🏥 - so proud of our teams #Fab staff! #Team work! @

Having previously been part of a campaign with Kent Police to promote the safety of our workforce, I am really impressed with these signs in all public areas BHRUT NHS 🏥 demonstrating a commitment to protecting all staff 💙Elective & Emergency Care Improvement Support Team Matthew Trainer

This is shocking. We’ve already discussed at Barts Health and BHRUT NHS 🏥 Boards and will work hard to tackle it urgently.

Yesterday we heard the tinkling of the piano again. It was good to see so many staff & patients come to listen to those playing a great mix of contemporary favourites & classical pieces. Some recognizable songs brought us together for a great end-of-day singalong. #bhrutpiano

What went wrong? The NHS: envy of the world to the worst it's ever been. Nice story, shame it's not quite true.

New long read from me on the 4 stories of the NHS' recent past, and what they mean for its future.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic NHS staff faced an extraordinarily difficult challenge.

If you work in the NHS and found tonight’s episode of #Breathtaking particularly tough or triggering, there is support available. england.nhs.uk/supporting-our…

From hospital work experience to senior leader - we are pleased to announce that Mike Gilham has been appointed as our new Chief Financial Officer.

Read more on our website 👉 bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/news/from-hosp…

Today we welcomed Sarah-Jane Marsh, Neill Moloney and colleagues from NHS North East London to Queen's to hear about the work behind our recent progress. They visited colleagues in our urgent treatment centre, A&E and frailty unit to learn what we're doing to improve patient care and experience.

We've had a fantastic day visiting BHRUT NHS 🏥. It’s been great to hear all about what the trust is doing to improve the working environment for staff and trainees, alongside some exciting developments in robotic surgery and the elective surgical hub

Great to be visiting @bhrut_nhs today - exciting new theatres and a decontamination unit on the way. Amazing to see how much the Trust has improved.

A game changer for patients and staff - Tim Mitchell from The Royal College of Surgeons of England opens our new decontamination unit at King George Hospital.

Good to catch up with Matthew Trainer at Queens Romford ED today to see excellent partnership in operation between London Ambulance Service and Matthew and his team BHRUT NHS 🏥