Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Our teams have won the Sustainable Healthcare Award at the very first NHS Excellence Awards 🎉

This recognition celebrates the work of Dr Patrik Bächtiger and the team at Charing Cross Hospital who have introduced AcuPebble – an innovative, AI-enabled wearable sensor transforming how sleep apnoea is diagnosed.

By allowing patients to test safely from home, AcuPebble is:

🔹 Reducing waiting times
🔹 Cutting plastic waste by 99%
🔹 Saving an estimated 12.6 tonnes of CO₂ each year
🔹 Replacing technologies shown to produce racially biased results

Funded through Imperial Health Charity's Innovate at Imperial programme, this innovation is making a real difference to patients and the planet.

Huge congratulations to everyone involved 👏

Planning a hospital visit can feel daunting, especially if you’re not sure what to expect.

That’s why we’ve partnered with AccessAble to provide detailed, easy-to-use guides for more than 250 areas across our hospitals, helping patients, visitors and carers plan ahead with confidence.

The guides include everything from entrances and parking to accessible toilets, quiet spaces and support for people with different needs – all designed to make visits easier and more comfortable.

💙 Free to use and available online, whenever you need them.

👉 Learn more and access the guides: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/new-partnership-improves-accessibility-information-for-patients-and-visitors

Transforming care for patients with bowel and bladder conditions 💙

Bowel and bladder problems affect millions of people, yet they can feel difficult to talk about.

In our latest blog, Miss Emma Carrington shares how our Neurological Pelvic Organ Physiology service is bringing specialists together to give patients faster, more joined-up care and help them live fuller, more confident lives.

From tackling stigma to improving access to treatment, this work is making a real difference for patients every day.

Read the blog to find out more: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/blog/transforming-care-for-patients-with-bowel-and-bladder-conditions

Join our free webinar 'Bowel, bladder and beyond: breaking the incontinence taboo' with Emma and team tomorrow, 17 June from 3:30pm-4:30pm: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/events/bowel-bladder-and-beyond-breaking-the-incontinence-taboo

Come and see the latest proposals for St Mary’s Hospital 🏥

We’re holding a public consultation event where you can view the plans, speak to the project team and share your views.

You can hear more about the new hospital, access and arrival, public spaces, building height, construction, green space and local benefits.

Event details: www.imperial.nhs.uk/st-marys-development

We’re proud to see Rebecca's story featured on the Diary of a Kidney Warrior Podcast 💙

She shares her journey through kidney failure, dialysis and transplantation, and reflects on the care she received along the way – including at our hospitals.

Listen to her story: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6n75c87mBTDeylU4jlXMjx

Do you live near St Mary’s Hospital or have you or someone you know been a patient there?

Join us at a public consultation event to see updated proposals for the new hospital and wider Paddington site.

We want to hear about your everyday experiences and what matters to you.

Find an event: www.imperial.nhs.uk/st-marys-development

St Mary's development We urgently need a new hospital – find out more about our plans for redevelopment and how you can help us to create a better St Mary’s

King’s Birthday Honours 🎉

We’re very proud to share that Professor Tim Orchard, group chief executive of the North West London Acute Provider Group, has been awarded a CBE for services to the NHS, healthcare research and innovation.

We’re also delighted that Trust consultant Professor Stephen Brett has been awarded an MBE for services to critical illness and intensive care medicine.

Huge congratulations to Tim and Stephen – a fantastic recognition of the difference your work makes for patients, staff and communities. 💙

Read our news story: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/kings-birthday-honours-2026

Many people live with bladder and bowel problems in silence, but help is available.

Join our free, friendly webinar for World Continence Week, titled “Bowel, bladder and beyond: breaking the incontinence taboo”.

🗓️ Wednesday 17 June
🕒 3:30pm

Our specialist team will talk about how common these conditions are, what you can do to help yourself, and the support available.

The session is open to everyone and designed to feel safe and comfortable. You can join with your camera and microphone off, and even use just your first name.

Register now: 427f8fd4-2680-4055-8dd0-a5369770340f@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/427f8fd4-2680-4055-8dd0-a5369770340f@37c354b2-85b0-47f5-b222-07b48d774ee3

💬 Let’s start the conversation and break the stigma together.

As we approach the ninth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire on Sunday 14 June, we want you to know that the NHS is here for you and your family. 💚

During the lead up to the anniversary and on the day itself it is not unusual for different people to have different emotional responses. Please be kind to yourself.

Access NHS support: https://grenfellwellbeing.cnwl.nhs.uk/news/grenfell-news/nhs-support-during-ninth-anniversary

A resident doctors’ strike is set to take place next week from 7am, Monday 15 June to 7am, Friday 19 June.

Our priority, as with all industrial action, is to ensure everyone’s safety: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/industrial-action-june-2026

We will continue to run our emergency services throughout the strike and expect these to be very busy. We are also planning to continue with the majority of our planned operations and outpatient appointments, where we can do so safely.

We will contact you directly if we need to reschedule your appointment. If you are not contacted by us, please come to your appointment as planned.