Pharmacies to offer free seven-minute cholesterol tests in bid to ‘spot ticking time bombs’ The pin-prick test will analyse a patient’s cholesterol profile The Independent UK · Aug 31
Super flu hospital cases in London jump 47% in a week as NHS faces worst-case scenario before Christmas Londoners are being urged to get the flu vaccine in the next few days to get maximum protection by Christmas Day Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2025
Patient and staff data impacted by Cl0p ransomware attack on Barts Health NHS Barts Health was hit through Oracle E-Business Suite, and sensitive data was stolen. TechRadar · Dec 8, 2025
Biggest NHS trust in London to be sued over 'discriminatory' uniform policy silencing support for Palestine Barts Health NHS Trust has banned staff from displaying symbols seen as politically or nationally affiliated Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025
MP outrage at NHS over 'unfair' closure of only maternity unit in London borough with highest birthrate Exclusive: Campaigners have warned that shutting Barking Birth Centre puts women at risk Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025
Hundreds of workers at London's largest NHS trust win 'significant' Covid pay out Nearly 700 members of Unite are awarded £1,600 payment at Barts Health NHS Trust Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024
'Fit and healthy' man, 84, died after surgery following wrong cancer diagnosis Alan Soane died at Royal London hospital on June 5 last year following complications from surgery Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2024
Hospital say sorry after coroner finds mother died due to neglect and string of failures Barts Health NHS Trust has apologised after Sultana Choudhury, 60, died when a post-op bleed was missed by medics Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023
Workers at London NHS hospital vote on industrial action More than 1,000 workers are voting on whether to take industrial action at Barts NHS Trust, says union Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2023
More maternity tragedies will occur unless rapid changes are made – report Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens said the cases his office had heard were ‘extremely distressing’. The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023
The Leader podcast: 900 years of Barts On 25th March 1123 a former courtier of Henry I, a man called Rahere, founded St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2023
"All we want to do is help you": Midwife issues personal plea to missing mum Constance Marten "I am not here to judge you" Manchester Evening News · Feb 22, 2023
‘Please do the right thing for your baby’: Top midwife appeals to missing aristocrat Constance Marten as new CCTV released Shereen Nimmo, director of midwifery for Barts Health NHS Trust, said the baby risks getting off to the wrong start in life The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023
Midwife urges missing aristocrat Constance Marten to get medical care for baby Constance Marten and her partner have been travelling around the UK by taxi since their car was found burning on the M61 in Bolton on January 5. The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023
Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2022 Archie Battersbee’s family say no-one should have to go through ‘horrendous’ tragedy again The 12-year-old died in the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, on Saturday, after weeks of legal battles.
Wales Online · Aug 7, 2022 Family of Archie Battersbee pushing for law change after his death 'We want something good to come out of this tragedy and the horrendous experience we have been put through by the system'
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2022 Timeline in the case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee Archie died at 12.15pm on Saturday August 6.
Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022 Archie Battersbee's life support set to end on Saturday after final court bid fails The boy's family are 'devastated' and are now 'spending precious time with Archie' after being denied the chance to move him from hospital to a hospice for his final moments
Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022 Archie Battersbee's parents launch appeal after bid to move to him to hospice rejected Archie Battersbee has been in hospital since April and his parents Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee have continued to say they are fighting for him - it follows a dramatic week of appeals and applications to domestic and international courts
The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022 Timeline in the case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee - OLD Archie Battersbee’s life support will be withdrawn at 10am on Saturday.
Daily Record · Aug 5, 2022 Archie Battersbee's mum vows to give son mouth-to-mouth if he's not given palliative oxygen Heartbroken mum Hollie Dance has said she prays the High Court will allow the 12-year-old to be moved to a hospice for his final days after doctors were granted permission to remove his life-support.
Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022 Archie Battersbee's mum may give son mouth-to-mouth when life support is turned off Archie Battersbee's mother Hollie Dance desperately wants her son "in a peaceful hospice to say goodbye" and says she will do whatever she can to make it happen
Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022 Archie Battersbee's mum ends fight for treatment and wants 'dignified' death in hospice This morning, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee submitted an application to move him to a hospice after the European Court of Human Rights rejected their 11th-hour bid to postpone the withdrawal of treatment
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022 Timeline in the case of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee Here is what has happened so far in the last four months since the schoolboy suffered a severe brain injury at home in Essex.
Wales Online · Aug 4, 2022 Archie Battersbee family's new legal bid to move him to hospice for ‘last moments’ The family intends to ask the High Court in London to transfer him out of the Royal London Hospital