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We are so grateful to Barts Charity for their support for our projects to help patients & staff discover the history of our hospitals through our amazing collections. As we work on our current 'Bringing the Collections Closer' project at RLH, a look back on #WhippsCrossVoices👇

Great to hear how feedback will shape future Barts Heritage research using the St Bartholomew's Hospital collections that we hold!

The latest issue of our quarterly newsletter is out today! If you're not on out mailing list, you can read it in the Newsletters section here bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-a… If you'd like to be on the mailing list, sign up while you're there!

It's the 76th birthday of the NHS today, over three quarters of a century providing healthcare free at the point of care🎂🎉🥳 If you want to research NHS history, have we got records for you! Check out our research guide on health administration here calmview.co.uk/BartsHealth/Ca…

Fascinating stuff going on in the #archives today! Celeste from Lincoln Conservation is producing 3D scans of objects from our collections selected by Community Curators through our Bringing the Collections Closer project. Coming to digital displays at the Royal London Hospital soon!

With thanks as ever to Barts Charity for supporting us to share the historic collections of our hospitals in new ways🙏

Thank you to the brilliant group from Renaissance Foundation who visited us this afternoon to find out about careers in archives and heritage. We talked about interpretation and then had a go at mixing paints like William Hogarth, thanks to our colleagues at Barts Heritage !

‘The most wonderful memories I have are of the patients I met.’ Gulzar was the first person from South Asia to ever work for Royal Surrey. This #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating all staff of South Asian heritage, past and present, for their dedication across the NHS.

📣New(ish!) on the blog!📣 What is conservation, why do we do it - and how can you support it? bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blogs…

We were at Homerton Hospital today to discuss a potential new acquisition. Although it's now part of a separate Trust, when it opened it had strong links to St Bartholomew's - reflected in the logo on this plaque of the old City & Hackney Health Authority, & the Bart's shield

Our brilliant 'Anatomy of the North Wing' scaffolding tours give the public a unique opportunity to get close to the beautiful interiors of our building & meet the experts conserving its priceless decoration. Book your tickets now via bartsheritage.org.uk Barts staff go free!

#HistNursing wikiwomeninred RCN History of Nursing Forum have added Pamela Hibbs to #Wikipedia An icon at HHFT & Barts Health hospitals. Known for: changing how we nurse pressure sores Barts Health Archives Barts League of Nurses RCN London en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Hi…

St Bartholomew's Hospital's statue of Henry VIII is the only public sculpture of the Tudor king in London. Or is it...? #StBartholomews #barts #bartshospital #stbartholomewtheless #cityoflondon #HenryVIII #sirfrancisbird #sculpture #tudor @BartsHospital Barts Heritage Barts Health Archives

#OTD in 1666, the governors of St Bartholomew's Hospital met to discuss 'the Terrible and Unmercifull Fire' which had started the day before. The hospital archives were protected by the governors' order to remove the hospital records to Hornsey for safekeeping! #GreatFireOfLondon

👀New on the blog👀 - the story of a little-known children's hospital bartshealth.nhs.uk/archives-blogs…

Why have we had this 1820 'poor relief' list for the parish of St Bartholomew the Great out in the #archives? And why do we have it in our collections at all? Find out in the latest issue of our newsletter, available at bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-a…