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Royal Brompton’s Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) team organised two virtual patient days for critical care patients, and their family members, to ‘revisit’ the hospital and speak to staff who cared for them. Usually held in-person, this year the days were moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

Dr Brian Halliday, specialist registrar at Royal Brompton Hospital and clinical lecturer at Imperial College’s National Heart and Lung Institute, has been awarded £1.1 million in research funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to study a possible treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Read more

Harefield Hospital in Middlesex has officially opened four new gardens for patients and staff to use to help improve their mental and physical wellbeing. The gardens have been designed to be accessible to all patients, with smooth surfaces to allow for easy access of patients on beds or chairs. Read more

On Monday 19th July, new government guidance will come into force for England, lifting a series of Covid-19 restrictions as part of the final stage of the government’s four-step roadmap for lifting lockdown. Across our hospitals, the safety of our patients and staff is paramount and we will continue to observe the measures we currently have in place to keep everyone safe during their visit. Read more