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Nursing Progress New content from issue 16 has been placed on the website. Crossrail for Whitechapel Detailed plans for the creation of a new interchange station at Whitechapel to take into account the extended East London line and the planned Crossrail line with the existing underground lines have been creating local concern. The proposed entrance would no longer be opposite The Royal London. The building and excavation work for the large station have also raised anxiety among those who live in the new blocks of flats and houses behind the current station. (February 2006) The Department of Health has changed the address of its website and the structure, making past hyperlinks inactive. To track down a report or guidance use the new URL and the 'search' function. Changes at Whitechapel The new pharmacy and pathology block in Newark Street has been completed. The new clinical block will be built where the Cavell and Luckes Homes now stand, both are empty, as is Knutssford House. The delay while the government reviewed the implications of the PFI created a great deal of publiciity in the media. (February 2006) Practice development The Practice Development Project between the Trust, City University and the Royal College of Nursing involved a facilitator is working with the Senior Nurse for Practice Development and two cohorts of senior sisters and charge nurses. They spent a day a week for a year on the RCN Clinical Leadership Programme. They assessed the quality of patient care through patient and staff stories, in conjunction with managers from non-nursing disciplines. Regional Groups for members At the suggestion of the League Executive committee regional meetings have started. The West Country group meets each summer. All League members and RLH nurses are welcome at their meetings - click here for details. A new group has been formed at Portsmouth. A Hertfordshire group has been set up, details in 'The Review.' Bus links Coming to the League meeting by train and bus? London Transport bus service (replaces the hourly SL1 and SL2):
Reflections on working at The London Reflections on working at The London in the 1950s and growing up and living in the East End in the 1930s and 40s. Other items provide illustrated self-guided walks around the modern East End. Some of the walks were prepared for the MEDINFO conference held in the new Excel Centre (at Custom House) in September 2001. This was an international medical informatics conference. The 'old news' has been moved to an 'news archive' page for new readers who have been out of touch with the League in the last year or two. Barts and The London Trust website The Trust has a website to add to your list of favorites: http://www.bartsandthelondon.org.uk It uses frames and with several images is initially rather slow to load - no need to wait for the homepage image, just click over the enter button on the bottom right! This page last updated by DEB on 05/03/2006 |
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