Tag Archives: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

NHS Trust names pharmacist Gibbons as its new chair

Posted on December 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

Yemisi Gibbons has been named as the new chair of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, to take up the role from January 1. Gibbons, 45, succeeds Mike Bell, who has chaired the Trust for 10 years. Announcing the initial three-year … Continue reading →

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Parents urged to get their children vaccinated against polio

Posted on October 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

Parents and carers in Croydon are being urged to ensure that their children get their polio vaccine booster dose. NHS England says 157,000 London children have been vaccinated against polio since August, when the NHS set up more than 40 … Continue reading →

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Mayday and Purley hospitals to get extra operating theatres

Posted on August 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

Mayday and Purley Hospitals are both to get an additional operating theatre, to help with efforts to reduce the backlog of operations that have built up during the covid pandemic, part of a £1.5billion government scheme for 50 surgical “hubs” … Continue reading →

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NHS offers apprentice routes into healthcare for GCSE pupils

Posted on August 25, 2022 by insidecroydon

Thousands of pupils across Croydon have received their GCSE results today, marking the first major set of qualifications that will put them on the path to a future career. NHS England wants to encourage many of them to consider a … Continue reading →

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Gold stars: Your chance to nominate your Croydon NHS heroes

Posted on June 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

Nominations are open to nominate your NHS “Star of the Year” as part of the Croydon Stars Awards, the annual celebration of more than 4,000 NHS heroes working for and with Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Being staged for the … Continue reading →

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£7m Rainbow children’s unit set to transform hospital services

Posted on May 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon has a new, dedicated ward for children requiring hospital care. The £7million freshly named Rainbow Unit was opened this week by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust chairman Mike Bell. The Rainbow Children’s Unit name plaque was also unveiled by … Continue reading →

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NHS now begins roll-out of covid jabs for 5-to-11-year-olds

Posted on April 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

Nearly 1million under-11s in London are being offered covid-19 vaccines from this week. Parents and carers of children aged from five to 11 are able to book a jab for their children from today, as the biggest and most successful … Continue reading →

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Mayor digs in to plant a Jubilee cherry tree at Mayday

Posted on March 24, 2022 by insidecroydon

The local NHS Trust and the Mayor of Croydon staged a joint ceremony yesterday to dig in and contribute to the Queen’s Green Canopy – a tree-planting initiative being run to coincide with celebrations around the 70th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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Hospital ancillary staff in strike ballot over G4S covid pay

Posted on February 22, 2022 by insidecroydon

Porters and cleaners at Mayday Hospital are to be balloted by their union, the GMB, over whether to take strike action over pay rates and access to sick pay. The workers, who are employed by outsourcing giants G4S, voted overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

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Hospital porters and cleaners say G4S is ‘lying’ over covid pay

Posted on January 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

The GMB trades union is warning private contractor G4S that denying full sick pay to cleaners, porters at Croydon’s Mayday Hospital may result in strike action. The union has also accused G4S of lying over the simmering dispute over terms … Continue reading →

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Hospital visits are still allowed but ‘kept under close review’

Posted on December 29, 2021 by insidecroydon

The NHS trust which oversees the running of Croydon’s Mayday Hospital says that visits to in-patients are still allowed, but restrictions are “being kept under close review”. The latest spike in covid-19 infection numbers, mainly caused by the spread of … Continue reading →

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Government is forced to delay its NHS data grab by stealth

Posted on June 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

The government has been forced to postpone its plans for a massive, nationwide data scrape of people’s confidential NHS records. The NHS’s 55 million patients had been given just six weeks’ notice that their medical histories could be sold on … Continue reading →

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Covid scientists seek Croydon volunteers for blood tests

Posted on April 22, 2021 by insidecroydon

People who have tested positive for covid-19 are being asked to take part in a scientific study that hopes to unravel one of the most crucial questions posed by the virus. Genomics England is running the study, which aims to … Continue reading →

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‘Pivotal moment’ as hospital starts coronavirus vaccinations

Posted on December 6, 2020 by insidecroydon

Patients will be vaccinated against coronavirus at Mayday Hospital as early as this Tuesday, at the start of the biggest immunisation programme in history. The hospital, part of the Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, is one of 50 around the … Continue reading →

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