The winner of the Whipps Cross Hospital Star of the Month award for December 2020 is Anna Bray, who was nominated by Zebina Ratansi for her role in leading the fit testing program at Whipps Cross.
Covid-19 has highlighted a number of health inequalities in ethnic minority populations. Also, ethnic minority populations are disproportionately affected by Covid-19 as they are more likely to have front line jobs, more likely to live in multigenerational households with older relatives and themselves more likely to have health comorbidities.
A wellbeing initiative which embeds psychological wellbeing into the working day of theatre staff has been recognised at the Association of Anaesthetists awards.
Fatai Peleowo, patient transport officer at Newham Hospital, blogs about how he feels about receiving the Covid-19 vaccine and why others should consider having it.
Sir David Sloman, regional director for the NHS in London, praised our heroic staff this week for their extraordinary efforts in caring for patients through the pandemic.