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The UK’s largest centre for specialist heart and lung care, part of @GSTTnhs and @NHSuk. Tweeting 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri
London and Middlesex
Joined May 2010
The Princess Royal officially opened our new Diagnostic Centre at Royal Brompton Hospital. The £50m centre has the latest imaging technology to help diagnose cases of heart and lung disease. Her Royal Highness was given a tour and met staff who work there.
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#OnThisDay in 1983 Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub performed the UK’s first heart & lung #transplant. At Harefield Hospital transplant unit we see lives transformed by #OrganDonation. We are proud to carry on his legacy through pioneering work in heart & lung transplantation 🫀🫁 #NHS
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Happy fur-sday from Daisy the spaniel who visited her owner, Richard, in ICU during his recovery from cardiac surgery 🐾. Daisy is the first pet to visit ICU at Royal Brompton since the start of Covid and staff said she 'worked miracles' in lifting moods for everyone on the ward.
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"I am Raj & I am alive” . Raj is a #COVID19 patient who was treated at Royal Brompton Hospital. He was on ECMO for 62 days – longer than any other patient during the first wave. He's thanked staff for giving him a second chance at life. Read his story:
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Did you catch our #CysticFibrosis patient Steve on @bbc5live yesterday? Live from #RoyalBrompton hospital, Steve reports he's up and well days after testing positive for #coronavirus. Shout out to our fantastic staff looking after Steve and others.
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Congratulations to @GrilloLizzie for securing PhD funding to look into Breathing Pattern Disorder, a condition which causes breathlessness and limits the day-to-day function of patients. Read more: @NIHRresearch, @NHS_HealthEdEng
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39 years ago today, Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub performed the UK's first heart & lung #transplant. We spoke to him as he reflected on his career, the significance of #OrganDonation & current pioneering work in transplantation. Watch the full interview: @GSTTnhs
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We were thrilled to see one of our longest Covid-19 patients discharged recently. Tansferred from @LNWH_NHS, Sam went home to his family in time for his son's birthday. Some of our intensive care and respiratory colleagues who treated Sam stopped by to say goodbye & share a laugh
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#OnThisDay in 1983 Prof Magdi Yacoub performed the UK’s 1st heart and lung #transplant. At #HarefieldHospital transplant unit, we frequently see lives transformed through #OrganDonation. We’re proud to carry on his legacy through pioneering work in heart & lung transplantation.
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Congratulations to our chief registrar for cardiology and intensive care, @DrWaqasAkhtar, for being shortlisted in the Clinical Leader of the Year category of the #HSJAwards!. @GSTTnhs @HSJ_Awards
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🎉Congratulations to Dr Brian Halliday, who has been awarded £1.1 million in research funding from @TheBHF to study a possible treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy. Find out more about the clinical trial here: #research #Cardiology @bp_halliday
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Congratulations to Dr Brian Halliday, consultant cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital, who has been awarded £250,000 for his heart failure remission trial from the British Heart Foundation. Find out more about the study here:. @bp_halliday @TheBHF
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Congratulations to Sir Magdi Yacoub, honoured w/ the 2020 Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award from @STS_CTsurgery. Sir Magdi & his team established #HarefieldHospital as an international centre of excellence & made history in 1983 w/ the UK’s 1st heart & lung #transplant
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Thrilled that both Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals have been named in @Newsweek’s top cardiology hospitals worldwide. These fantastic results are based on recommendations from 40,000 medical experts – a testament to our world-class care. Read more:
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From providing specialist dietary advice to offering psychological support to address the impact of dietary changes, Ras Kahai takes us through her typical day working as a respiratory dietitian at our hospitals. Read Ras’ blog: #WeAreDietetics
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Astonished by reckless @NHSEngland suggestion to move congenital heart services from #RoyalBrompton. We will fight for our patients #CHD.
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Have you seen us in @thetimes @TimesPictures today? We're so proud of all our staff and the incredible work they're doing. Take a look at just some of the faces who are caring for patients and keeping us running during #Covid_19, captured by @PohleRichard
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Congratulations to Dr Jo Szram (@lungsatwork) for being elected as a Trustee Councillor for @RCPhysicians. Dr Szram said: “I’m hugely passionate about using this position on the College’s Board of Trustees to help its fellows deliver the best care for patients." #PatientCare
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Dr Will Man has been recognised by @atscommunity for his contribution to pulmonary rehabilitation with a Research Achievement Award. Dr Man founded our Pulmonary Rehab Unit, the 1st pulmonary rehab service in the UK to receive full national accreditation:.
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Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield met inspirational patient with polio at Royal Brompton today to research film role
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Our hard-working staff were very excited to receive donations of the famous @Wimbledon strawberries today - thank you for thinking of us! #LondonTogether
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We are delighted that our ECMO Education Team at Harefield Hospital were shortlisted for the @ICS_updates Awards 2021 in the category for education! . Here is Emanuele, our ECMO CNS charge nurse, with the team's certificate – well done to everyone involved!.#PatientCare #NHS
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Today marks one year since we merged with @GSTTnhs bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Find out how the merger has given rise to a new collaboration enabling life-saving cardiac surgery to go ahead.
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On this day in 1983, the first successful heart and lung #transplant operation in Britain took place at Harefield Hospital. It took a team of 20 more than five hours to carry out the operation, led by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub. cc @NHSOrganDonor
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#OnThisDay in 1983 Prof Magdi Yacoub performed the UK’s 1st heart & lung #transplant. At #HarefieldHospital transplant unit we frequently see lives transformed through #OrganDonation. We’re proud to carry on his legacy through our pioneering work in heart & lung transplantation
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New research, funded by @The_MRC, led by consultant cardiologist Dr Upasana Tayal, will investigate sex-specific differences in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy by looking at unique life experiences of women linked to hormonal changes. ➡ #HeartMonth
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Congratulations to Jennie Balls, a paediatric physiotherapist, who has been awarded a research fellowship to conduct research on the effects of physiotherapy in children after heart surgery. Read more:
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A rising number of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the UK are becoming parents. Dr Imogen Felton, consultant in adult CF medicine at Royal Brompton, spoke to @cftrust about a first-of-its-kind antenatal clinic to support pregnant women with CF: (p26)
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Did you catch us on @Channel4News tonight? We’re so proud of the incredible work our ECMO team, nurses, family liaison team and all our staff are doing in these challenging times #EveryPatientMatters #WorldClassCare @NHSEnglandLDN @NHS.
"Nothing prepares you for coming onto a unit like this, but one thing that stands out is how young many of these patients are.". @vsmacdonald has had exclusive access inside an ECMO unit, where Covid-19 patients for whom ventilation is no longer enough are given one final hope.
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Bon appétit! This morning our staff have enjoyed delicious French pastries courtesy of @FranceintheUK - thank you for your generosity. #BastilleDay #LondonTogether @NHSEngland @NHSEnglandLDN
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Congratulations to William Man who has been awarded a professorship by @kingsmedicine in recognition of his achievements and expertise. Read more about Professor Man’s achievements here:
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We are deeply saddened to hear the news that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died. The Queen has had a long and close association with our hospitals, and our deepest sympathies are with her family at this difficult time.
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On #InternationalNursesDay we celebrate and pay tribute to all our nurses and the enormous contribution they make, today, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and every day. Here are just some of the wonderful nurses we are proud to call our colleagues #yearofthenurseandmidwife
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Staff and patients at Harefield Hospital are planting 420 trees in the grounds to help make the hospital a greener & more sustainable place, thanks to a generous donation from @WoodlandTrust 🌱🌿🌲. Read more: . #GreenChampions #Nature #NationalTreeWeek
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Congratulations to consultant paediatric nurse @CatherineRenwi3, who has been awarded a research training fellowship from @NIHRresearch to help determine the most appropriate and tailored exercise testing for children with irregular heartbeats. Read more:
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#HarefieldHospital perfusionist Louise explains ex vivo lung perfusion, a preservation technique used to assess donor #lungs for suitability and to optimise #organdonation. Just one of the techniques on show today at our Open Day #EVLP #WorldClassCare
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🫁 For #WorldAsthmaDay2021, Professor Andy Bush, consultant paediatric chest physician, has written a blog about paediatric #asthma care, the importance of asking questions, & what #COVID19 & pollution mean for children with asthma. You can read it here:
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Today we are celebrating the vital work of our pharmacy technicians, whether they work in dispensary, home care, medicine management or clinical trials. We are thankful for, and proud of, all that you do!. Happy Pharmacy Technicians Day! #RXTechDay #PharmacyTechnicianDay
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HRH The Prince of Wales meeting staff on Foulis Ward at #RoyalBrompton this morning @ClarenceHouse @cftrust
http://t.co/eQfbrt4m37.
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After nearly five years of planning, designing and building, today our teams welcomed the first patients into the Royal Brompton Diagnostic Centre. We look forward to welcoming more patients over the coming weeks. 🎉.Find out more about its evolution here:
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After 16 years at the helm of Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, today we bid a happy retirement to Bob Bell. Bob – we wish you all the best and thank you for everything!
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We're so proud to have been awarded a record number of pre-clinical fellowships from @NIHRresearch. Congratulations to staff from our pharmacy, nursing and physiotherapy teams, read more about what research they’ll be doing here:
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40 years ago today, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub conducted the UK's first combined heart & lung transplant at Harefield Hospital 🫀🫁. Hear Prof Yacoub reflecting on the procedure which has led to the transformation of thousands of lives in our new podcast
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NEW: @CareQualityComm report praises Trust for excellence in clinical care and compassion for patients. Find out more:
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In today’s Sunday @Telegraph - our consultant @doctorbrijpatel on promising findings that blood-thinning drugs can help save the lives of #COVID19 patients, after Royal Brompton specialists established a link between COVID-19 and clotting
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At aged 17, Bert Janssen received a life-saving heart transplant at Harefield. Over 39 years later, he has been verified as the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient. Read about how Bert's life was transformed by his transplant #HeartMonth
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Non-medical staff at Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals have been celebrated at this year's Annual Research Showcase for their incredible research projects. These include virtual exercise, handheld echocardiography & artificial intelligence. Read more:
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Our progress flags are up to mark LGBT+ History Month 🏳️🌈. @keiththomps0n, LGBT+ network co-chair, said: “The flag is a symbol of our commitment to equality, diversity & inclusivity. It shows our staff & patients can be open about who they are & how they feel without judgement."
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Congratulations to our pulmonary rehabilitation team at Harefield for once again receiving full accreditation in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services Accreditation Scheme. They were also the first in the country to get accredited by this scheme run by @RCPhysicians 👏
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New Year, new chance at life? . On New Year's Day 2022, 45 year old Louis @knibbs40 received a double lung transplant at Harefield Hospital and with it, a second chance at life, thanks to the wishes of a donor who gave him and his family the gift of life. #OrganDonationWeek
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Well done to Mark Hazell for winning the @GSTTnhs #LoveAdmin award for 'Ward Clerk of the Year'. Mark works in Harefield's ITU & goes above & beyond everyday to make sure our patients & families are looked after & happy. No job is too big or too small for him! . Thank you Mark⭐️
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“The opportunity to create my Love Heart playlist for @LaurenLaverne’s Desert Island Disco @BBC6Music has been healing and enjoyable; hopefully it goes a small way in thanking all the Royal Brompton staff for their amazing work helping our baby boy.”. Thank you, Tom Angell!♥️
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Today we officially opened four new gardens for our staff & patients at Harefield. Thank you to @rbharts & @RBHCharity for helping to fund & create these outdoor spaces. All staff are encouraged to explore them for a #wellbeing break – we particularly like the hare sculpture!
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To mark #InternationalNursesDay2021 & recognise the pivotal role our nurses play in patient care, we have created a collage to represent the 1,437 nurses who work in our hospitals. Thank you for the difference you make every day for so many #IND2021. 👉
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A new study, co-led by Nicholas Simmonds, cystic fibrosis (CF) consultant and Gemma Stanford, specialist CF physiotherapist, aims to determine whether online yoga classes for people with CF could help with pain, breathlessness, and mental health issues
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2023 marks 40 years since the first combined heart and lung transplant carried out by pioneering Harefield surgeon, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub 🫀🫁. His life long achievements were celebrated by colleagues and former patients at the launch of his biography
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Wishing all of our patients, their families, friends & carers, our supporters and wonderful staff a happy and healthy 2021. It's been a challenging year, but the support and generosity you've shown to our staff has made it that little bit easier - thank you! #HappyNewYear #NHS
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Have you seen our Sit Stop chairs? These priority seats are for anyone needing a break while walking around. The idea came from Jonathan Gantley, a former patient, whose parents recently visited us to see how the initiative has expanded to over 20 chairs – and counting. (1/2)
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Here is just a glimpse of what our amazing staff are doing everyday during this pandemic. Thank you to them and to @christinalamb and @jackhillphoto at @thesundaytimes for highlighting it. #NHSheroes .
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Royal Brompton honoured with highest accolade for cardio-oncology. Our Cardio-Oncology Service is one of only six hospitals outside the US and 15 worldwide to receive GOLD status from the @ICOSociety, its top designation.🎉. #NHS #Cardio
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Happy #AHPsDay! Here's our Associate Director of Rehabilitation & Therapies, @AHPLeader. Our AHPs will be taking over our account today sharing insights into their roles and how they make an impact on patients. Follow along as we say thanks to all our wonderful AHPs! #AHPsDay2020
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Fantastic news - thank you so much @VinnieJones65.
I've decided any proceeds of a record contract from X-factor will go to Harefield hospital and Cedars Sinai. NOW im ready to Rock n Roll 👊🏻 @TheXFactor #CelebrityXFactor
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We're hugely proud of our Harefield Hospital pulmonary rehabilitation team, first in the country to receive @RCPLondon accreditation. Their highly effective, evidence-based rehabilitation improves quality of life for people living with respiratory disease #AHPsDay2020 #AHPsDay
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“I knew I was feeling my own heart for the last time in my chest.” . It has been nine months since Jack Pepper, 19, had a heart transplant at Harefield Hospital after a fatal run-in with sepsis led to heart failure. He tells his story for #HeartMonth ➡️
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Joy Godden awarded Chief Nursing Officer for England Silver award. Joy Godden, director of nursing and governance at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals before retiring in December 2021, has been honoured for her contributions to the NHS.
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Between late March & end of May our hospitals cared for more than 180 Covid-19 patients. We're proud of the incredible work of all our staff during this time, and are proud to share this film of some of their experiences @NHSEnglandLDN @NHSEngland @NHSuk
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Congratulations to @DrAnnaReed who has been awarded funding from @The_MRC through their CARP programme. Dr Reed will have protected time to carry out research into fungal infection in patients who have undergone a lung transplant. Read more:
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Today we say thank you to all our staff at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, to all key workers who have kept the nation running and to everyone who has played a part in helping us respond to Coronavirus - we applaud you #NHSBirthday #NHS72 #ThankYouTogether
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Congratulations to Waqas (@DrWaqasAkhtar), our chief registrar for cardiology and intensive care, for winning a high commendation award in the Clinical Leader of the Year category at the #HSJAwards last night 👏.
Congratulations to our chief registrar for cardiology and intensive care, @DrWaqasAkhtar, for being shortlisted in the Clinical Leader of the Year category of the #HSJAwards!. @GSTTnhs @HSJ_Awards
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Congratulations to specialist pharmacist Lisa Nwankwo who has been awarded a doctoral fellowship to investigate which treatments work best for patients with a chronic fungal lung infection, commonly found in patients with long-term lung disease
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Staff from Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals have donated nearly 70 #Christmas shoeboxes filled with gifts for children in need. The annual Operation Christmas Child appeal delivers shoeboxes to children in deprived countries around the world #GivingTuesday #TuesdayTreat
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Congratulations to Harefield Hospital staff nurse @lauramari for receiving the @CavellTrust award for organising a total redecoration of the ITU staff coffee room, creating a relaxing environment for colleagues to spend their breaks in during busy shifts #CavellStarAward
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Ras Kahai, respiratory dietitian and co-chair of our Disability and Wellness Network, spoke to @NHSLeadership to give insight on the importance of role models and improving inclusion for disabled colleagues. Read the blog: #StaffNetworksDay #EQW2023
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“A transplant is a wonderful thing. It gave me the chance to be with my family, to be alive, to be in this world again.". The pioneering & touching story of the first double lung transplant in the UK for a Covid patient at Harefield Hospital: @GSTTnhs.
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Congratulations to our staff Ali, Charlotte, Tom & Tim, who've secured funding from @RBHCharity for a year of research at our hospitals. From improving physiotherapy services for children w/ asthma to muscle wasting in intensive care patients, read more:
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We were delighted to be joined by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub at the opening of the new Clinical Research Facility at Harefield Hospital. This new space will house world-class research projects to improve care for heart and lung patients. Read more:
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Thomas the therapy dog wore his finest festive outfit this week when he visited children on our wards who will be staying in hospital over Christmas 🐾. He wishes all of the patients, their families and staff a paw-some Christmas!
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Congratulations to specialist physiotherapist, Tim Jenkins, who has been awarded funding to undertake a predoctoral fellowship on his research into lung muscle training for critical care patients 🫁.
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Congratulations to our consultant paediatric chest physician Prof Andy Bush on this fantastic achievement!.
Professor Andy Bush, our theme lead on optimising management of asthma attacks, has been given the @EuroRespSoc Congress Chair Award ahead of the event next month. 🎉🎉🎉Congratulations!. Find out more:
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We are ‘over the rainbow’ to receive this beautiful handcrafted rainbow bench, donated to @RBandH as a thank you to staff for their contribution during #Covid19. Thank you to @AnwickForge & trustees at Grandey’s Place for this lasting gift to the #NHS 💙🌈 #FeelGoodFriday
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It’s been a year since the first patient with #Covid19 was admitted to our hospitals. Thank you to all of our staff, whose commitment, dedication, sacrifice and bravery has never wavered throughout the pandemic #NHSheroes
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Thank you to all of our staff who worked over the Christmas period. Here is just a snapshot of some our wonderful staff in action:
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A very happy #InternationalNursesDay to all our fantastic nurses, who show such dedication day in day out for your patients and colleagues. Thank you for all that you do. #NHS70.
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Today we are celebrating #WorldRadiographyDay and the vital contributions radiographers make across our hospitals 🩻. #WRD2022
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Today a team at Royal Brompton were the first in the UK to use a new @jnjmedtechuki device, as part of a trial, to treat atrial fibrillation. The device uses pulsed field ablation, guided by a 3D mapping system, to selectively scar heart tissue which causes irregular heartbeats.
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Congratulations to the Harefield Hospital E-CPR and Mechanical Life Support teams who have been shortlisted in the #HSJpatientsafety awards for Urgent and Emergency Care Safety Initiative of the Year and Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year 👏
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Big thanks to @SamThompsonUK @GeorgiaToffolo @Tiffany_W13 for visiting our children's ward today @BromptonSupport
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Congratulations to Professor Andrew Menzies-Gow, consultant respiratory physician & director of the lung division at Royal Brompton Hospital, who has won the British Thoracic Society's prestigious Meritorious Service Award. Read more: #BTSWinter2021
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Thank you to Her Majesty the Queen for presenting our hospitals with these beautiful flowers. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Richards CVO, Deputy Master of the Household, said: "Her Majesty has asked me to convey her warmest good wishes to all staff, patients and voluntary groups."
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Congratulations to our transplant retrieval team at Harefield for winning the 'excellence in organ and tissue retrieval' award as part of the Donation after circulatory death (DCD) Heart National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) teams at the @BTStransplant Congress in Edinburgh! 👏
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Harefield hosted a 3 day ECMO training course for ICU nurses who are working towards becoming ECMO clinical nurse specialists. The course included realistic simulations, & lectures from physiotherapists, perfusionists & palliative care specialists. #CareerDevelopment #NHSCareers
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