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Twelve-year-old Molly from Harold Hill is proving that age is no barrier when it comes to spreading kindness. The compassionate Year 7 student has collected hundreds of Easter eggs to donate to Queen’s Hospital in Romford, all to help bring smiles to young patients’ faces.
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Last week, The Mercury Shopping Centre Breakfast Club had the privilege of visiting the pre- and post-natal wards, as well as the baby bereavement department at Queen’s Hospital, with a very special delivery. Our heartfelt gifts—including beautifully hand-knitted baby hats, teddies, blankets, and cribs—were lovingly crafted by the talented ladies of our Breakfast Club.
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‘The nurse shortage across all wards at Queen’s and King George were 8% and 5% respectively. But within the totals there were some alarming gaps for specialist nurses.’
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The one problem with our local hospital is that the A&E department is completely overstretched. People are waiting on trollies, sometimes for 24 hours, which is unacceptable
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Residents of Barking, Dagenham, and Havering are being asked to donate wool for a heartwarming initiative to create comforting items for Queen’s Hospital. The knitting group at Eastern Avenue Baptist Church is actively supporting this project, seeking donations of used wool to make knitted hearts and blankets. Contact Marilyn Wyatt on Facebook to get involved.
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Queen’s Hospital Adult Critical Care Unit in Romford received pairs of matching bereavement blankets, crafted by Sew London Project CIC. The initiative, led by Kemi Awonubi-Oloyede, received support from volunteers and donors, aiming to provide comfort to grieving families. For contributions, contact sewlondonproject@gmail.com.
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Hospitals in north-east London are reporting improvements in their performance, though the number of complaints has dramatically risen.
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“Our message is clear: don’t drive to Queen’s Hospital if you can get in by other means.”
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A midwife and her husband are walking from London to Brighton in memory of their niece who tragically died following a long battle with a brain tumour.
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Figures published by NHS England showed the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust (BHRUT) had improved greatly in the number of patients being treated within four hours, despite the pressures it faces.
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Dementia and delirium patients at Queen’s and King George hospitals will benefit from colourful twiddlemuffs, knitted by members of The Mercury’s breakfast club.
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Queen’s and King George continue to see increasing numbers of patients in their emergency departments – 28,800 in January – meaning they struggle to keep up with demand.
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A baby that was so eager to be born was delivered on a bench in the carpark of Queen’s Hospital last Sunday 7 January.
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First-time parents Katie Bowers and Stefan Wyatt, both 33, knew they were due to welcome their baby on a special
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Amber 17, who is ‘Miss Teen Galaxy International’ and her team of collection box ambassadors, children from Dagenham and Romford,
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Hornchurch and Upminster MP, Julia Lopez, has visited Havering’s Queen’s Hospital ahead of the revamping this week of the on-site
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Barking,Havering and Redbridge University Hospital trust will be benefiting from the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools to analyse x-rays and
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Prospective Conservative Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham Sam Holland, has responded to yesterday’s article in the Havering Daily by Jon
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Julia Lopez MP has welcomed news that Queen’s Hospital is to get a £3 million surgical assessment unit to speed
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Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham Margaret Mullane today writes in the Havering Daily.Margaret Mullane has drawn attention to the
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