BHRUT – Chief Executive’s Report September 2024

For two weeks in July we celebrated the contributions made by our volunteers, partners and staff to the work of our Trust. The events, held at King George Hospital (KGH) and inside a marquee in front of Queen’s Hospital, took place against the backdrop of recent significant improvements.

After more than a decade spent in and out of different regulatory regimes, we are no longer in ‘special measures’; we were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; and the two new theatres in our KGH Elective Surgical Hub will allow us to carry out an additional 100 operations a week for patients across north east London (NEL).

During the celebrations, around 1,000 schoolchildren visited the marquee to learn about the wide variety of careers on offer in the NHS. We organised a lunch to thank our volunteers for the compassion and humanity they bring to the organisation. And we finished the fortnight with a collaborative workshop with our partners where we discussed how we can work together to improve the lives of residents. We also paused to remember colleagues who have died in recent years at a special memorial service.

Two thirds of our workforce took part in at least one of the July events. As well as a special breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, evening party and family fun day, we held a staff awards ceremony, a long service awards – honouring 230 colleagues who have clocked up a combined total of 3,855 years of service – and a graduation ceremony for 220 members of staff who have completed education and training programmes including degrees, apprenticeships and research courses.

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