Elinor Blackett-Ord's Colleagues at Whittington Health
Hannah Tompkins
Specialist School Nurse - Islington Additional Needs & Disabilities Service
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London, England, United Kingdom
Whittington Health
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Whittington Health NHS Trust aims to help local people live longer and healthier lives by providing safe,personal, coordinated care for the community we serve.We provide hospital and community care services to 500,000 people living in Islington andHaringey as well as other London boroughs including Barnet, Enfield, Camden and Hackney. As one organisation providing both hospital and community services, we are known as an ‘integrated care organisation'.We have an income of £295 million and over 4,400 staff delivering care across north London.Our priority is to provide the right care, at the right time and in the right place for our patients. We provide a large range of services from the hospital, including accident and emergency (A&E), maternity, diagnostic, therapy and elderly care. We also run services from 30 community locations in Islington and Haringey. Over the past year we have reviewed and developed services to make them stronger and better support the needs of patients.As an integrated care organisation we bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients' experience. Key to our approach is partnering with patients, carers, GPs, social care, mental health and other healthcare providers.Our organisation has a highly-regarded educational role. We teach undergraduate medicalstudents (as part of UCL Medical School) and nurses and therapists throughout the year,alongside providing a range of educational packages for postgraduate doctors and otherhealthcare professionals.