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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust runs three hospitals in London: Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and Royal Free Hospital.
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Royal Free Hospital gets tough on smokers
An army of stop-smoking specialists are helping patients at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) quit the habit – part of a new drive to ensure the site remains smoke-free. Smoking, including smoking e-cigarettes, is...
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Trust’s annual report published
The Royal Free London’s (RFL’s) annual report and accounts 2018/19 has now been published. The report, which can been viewed here, contains a summary of the trust’s work during the past financial year,...
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“We are family” - staff and patients celebrate 2,000 liver transplant milestone
Staff and patients came together on Friday during ‘an incredible and emotional’ celebration to mark the 2,000th liver transplant at the Royal Free London (RFL). Staff reflected on the achievements of the...
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Students get the lowdown on organ donation
A patient who received a kidney transplant in 2001 visited students at Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School in Barnet earlier this month to talk about the change in the law relating to organ donation. Kirit Modi,...
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Royal Free London proud to be at Pride
More than 60 staff from the Royal Free London headed to central London to join the Pride parade on Saturday and to east London to support Black Pride on Sunday. On Saturday, doctors and nurses were joined by staff...
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New ‘miracle’ drug has transformed brothers’ lives
Two brothers treated at the Royal Free Hospital have said their lives have been turned around by a ‘miracle’ drug which has been given funding approval for NHS patients in England this week. Vincent Nicholas...
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Royal Free Hospital recruits first UK patient on to kidney vaccine trial
A dietician with an auto-immune disease has become the first person in the UK to be recruited on to a trial aimed at testing a new vaccine designed to protect kidney transplant patients from a life-threatening...
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Sustainability initiative looks to expand after award win
The estates team is on the look-out for volunteers to make the trust greener and increase recycling across our hospitals. The team is aiming to develop a ‘circular economy’ of tools and products,...
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Team behind pioneering kidney care app scoops national award
A team which has transformed the way care is provided for some of the most vulnerable patients staying in hospital has won a national patient safety award. The patient at risk and resuscitation team (PARRT)...
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Lessons from the cave - well-being insights from Dr Mark Berelowitz
Later this week (July 3) Dr Mark Berelowitz, director of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) at the Royal Free Hospital will be speaking with Dr Teerakiat Jareonsettasin at the 2019 International...
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Royal Free London and the ‘Wild Boars’ - lessons for life from the boys in the cave
A former consultant psychiatrist at the Royal Free London, who was granted unique access to the boys trapped in the cave - following their rescue, will be giving a talk at the 2019 International Congress of the Royal...
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A cut above – surgical robot slices cake to celebrate five years of robotic surgery at Royal Free
Staff and guests tried their hand at robotic surgery at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) this week – on an iced anniversary cake. The opportunity to use the Da Vinci Xi robot came as part of a one-day symposium...
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Be part of helping us deliver world class care
Do you use - or have you used - services which the Royal Free London provides? Do you live, work or study in the London Borough of Camden, Barnet, Enfield, Islington or Hertfordshire? Are you passionate about...
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Nurses who developed new high-tech call system nominated for national award
Nurses who helped to develop a new digital call system at Chase Farm Hospital (CFH) have been nominated for a Nursing Times Award. The team, led by clinical implementation lead Fiona Morcom, have been nominated in the...
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Patient thanks staff for organising emergency bedside ‘wedding’
A patient who caught a life-threatening bug had an emergency bedside ‘wedding’ thanks to quick-thinking and compassionate nurses at the Royal Free Hospital. Dawne Le Good, 51, from Southgate, was in hospital...
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The foot care service helping patients avoid amputation
More patients with diabetes are receiving rapid, specialist foot care thanks to a new service at the Royal Free Hospital which is celebrating its first anniversary this week. The ambulatory acute...
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Parents’ room gets a new lease of life thanks to £7,500 donation
The parents’ room on the children’s ward at Barnet Hospital has been given a £7,500 make-over thanks to a donation from a local charity. The Joely Bear Appeal was founded 25 years ago by Lisa and Leigh...
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Students, visitors and staff catch the research bug
Local sixth-formers joined visitors and staff today at the Royal Free Hospital to find out more about the life-changing research taking place at the trust. Talks, posters and interactive sessions were part of the open...
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Chase Farm Hospital joins elite group of digital hospitals
A global body has officially recognised Chase Farm Hospital (CFH), which was opened by HRH Duke of York last month, as one of the most digitally advanced hospitals in the UK. The £200 million hospital, which...
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“I want to be there for my patients” - a nurse’s return to the Royal Free Hospital
A nurse who left the profession for 17 years is now back working at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) after deciding that the job was “a big part of who I am”. Mary O’Sullivan currently works as a...