Wishing a happy and peaceful Vesak to all of our staff, patients and families who are celebrating.

Children and young people at Evelina London have enjoyed learning about Vesak and working with our fantastic play specialists to create a display.

Have you read our latest newsletter?

Find out about our cutting-edge procedures and treatments, and discover how we surprised 9-year-old epic fundraiser Tony Hudgell when he visited our children's day surgery unit: guysstthomashospital.newsweaver.co.uk/m78o4vnphh/4uv…

Yesterday was #WorldIBDDay , a day dedicated to raising awareness of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

In our latest patient blog, Will shares his experience of Crohn's disease (a type of IBD) and how our expert teams supported him after his diagnosis: evelinalondon.nhs.uk/will

We've loved reading about the things that first inspired our nurses and midwives to choose a career in healthcare.

Read about their varied and fascinating journeys, including Christian who started their career by treating dolls for 'lemongitis': padlet.com/evelinacommuni…

We're proud members of the Children's Hospital Alliance, a national network of specialist NHS trusts working together to improve the quality, access and experience of hospital care for families.

We were delighted to show the Children's Hospital Alliance team around today.

We've had a fantastic time celebrating our amazing colleagues during Nursing and Midwifery Week across our hospital and community sites.

There have been awards, information stalls, a thanksgiving service and thank you hampers with support from our hospital charities.

#TeamGSTT

'When one of my sessions helps a child having a difficult time in hospital, it makes the job worthwhile.'

Music therapist Hannah Hayes supports children and young people with their emotional, social and physical health.

Find out more about her role: guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/gist/gist-issu…

It’s Kangaroo Care Awareness Day!!! 🦘👶🏼
We have an exciting day planned at Evelina London with cakes, stickers and prizes. Promoting skin to skin to improve outcomes for our babies and families ❤️
Sarah Neilson Kerry Engelbrecht Milly Munn Maya

Are you committed to involving children and young people, families, and carers in the design and delivery of health services?

We're looking for a patient and public engagement specialist to make sure our families remain at the heart of what we do: guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/current-vacanc…

During Nursing and Midwifery Week Eleanor Grainger & Lara Mistica tell us why they love working in our children's day surgery unit Evelina London.

'We have lots of different specialities working in different and new ways. We have a great multiskilled and very flexible team!'

We want as many young people as possible to know that we are here for them this #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek . On our website we have advice, real stories from young people, and information on ways to get help. Please help us spread the word. youngminds.org.uk/young-person/f…

Congratulations to our 10 amazing nurses and midwives who received our Trust's Nightingale Nurse and Midwife Award this year 🎉

They demonstrated outstanding practice and completed a rigorous academic programme: evelinalondon.nhs.uk/about-us/news-…

Yesterday we celebrated International Nurses Day.

We want to say a heartfelt thank you to all of our incredible nurses. Your compassion, skill and dedication to providing the best care is inspiring.

#IND2024 #InternationalNursesDay #NursesDay

There were 1,319 cases of whooping cough in March this year, compared to 858 in the whole of 2023.

If you are pregnant, it's important to get the whooping cough vaccine to protect your newborn baby, as they are at greatest risk.

Find out more. nhs.uk/pregnancy/keep…

Throughout this week our nurses and midwives have been sharing why they love working at Guy's and St Thomas'.

Feeling inspired? Take a look at our current vacancies for nurses and midwives: guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/current-vacanc…

#IDM2024 #IND2024

For Nursing & Midwifery week, midwife Cherese Reid says: 'What I love about my job is where I have made a difference and the person says 'thank you'.

'Midwifery is not a one-size-fits-all profession and you have to adapt quickly to care for people in the way that suits them.'

Emily supports and advocates for children and young people who need to stay in hospital for long periods of time.

She says she is inspired by the resilience of the amazing families she works with: evelinalondon.nhs.uk/emily

Congratulations to the new generation of Nightingales who received our unique Nightingale Nurse and Midwife Award.

It was presented to 72 nurses and 4 midwives who now have the honour of being known as a Nightingale Nurse or Nightingale Midwife guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/news/next-gene…

Bren is a theatre nurse in our new children's day surgery unit, supporting children when they come in for their operation.

Find out what he loves about the unit, from the outer space artwork to the superb training opportunities for staff: evelinalondon.nhs.uk/bren

Throughout her varied career, Ekaete has been a nurse, community midwife and health visitor.

She now manages the specialist community public health nursing programme, training the next generation of health visitors, school nurses and practice teachers: evelinalondon.nhs.uk/ekaete