Stow-ries — articles for January 2021

Congratulations to Star of the Month winner: Anna Bray

The winner of the Whipps Cross Hospital Star of the Month award for December 2020 is Anna Bray, who was nominated by Zebina Ratansi for her role in leading the fit testing program at Whipps Cross.

"As ethnic minorities we lag behind...in the uptake of the vaccine"

Covid-19 has highlighted a number of health inequalities in ethnic minority populations. Also, ethnic minority populations are disproportionately affected by Covid-19 as they are more likely to have front line jobs, more likely to live in multigenerational households with older relatives and themselves more likely to have health comorbidities.

60 seconds with... new wellbeing prescriber Natalie Nettel

We caught up with Natalie, who balances her time as a wellbeing prescriber at Whipps Cross Hospital alongside her existing responsibilities as Organisational Development Practitioner for the Trust's Organisational Development Team.

Remembering Jeff Edwards

Jeff Edwards, who worked as a Whipps Cross Hospital porter for over 40 years, passed away last week.