Transforming breast cancer care in East London
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re making a landmark investment of £16.6m in a dedicated Breast Cancer Centre.
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600 additional surgeries with new robots in East London and length of stays cut
One year after Barts Charity invested £7.6m in funding for Barts Health NHS Trust to expand its robotic surgery programme, East London hospitals are reaping the benefits.
Robotic surgery to transform care for more patients in East London
Our new investment will bring three new surgical robots to Barts Health hospitals and will increase access to less invasive procedures.
Cancer diagnostics boost for North East London
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at Mile End Hospital, which we have part funded, is in use in the new Early Diagnosis Centre (EDC). Since the MRI suite opened in autumn 2022, waiting times have reduced dramatically.
Whipps Cross Hospital Women’s and Neonatal Unit receives major upgrade
In 2018, we gave £6.8 million to modernise and expand the unit, creating a physical environment to match the high standard of care on offer.
Better support for kidney care in East London
A dedicated kidney dialysis centre is set to be established at Mile End Hospital thanks to Barts Charity funding.
Redeveloping Whipps Cross Women’s and Neonatal
The redevelopment of the women’s and maternity services at Whipps Cross Hospital is now delivering a vastly improved experience for expectant mothers and their families.
State-of-the-art equipment to diagnose and monitor eye disease
Our £100,000 grant has funded a new ophthalmology camera at The Royal London Hospital for faster and more socially distanced appointments.
Giving brain surgeons a helping arm
A new robotic hands-free microscope the first of its kind in the UK - is improving the surgical experience for staff and patients at The Royal London Hospital.
A new hope for patients with lung cancer
A patient at St Bartholomew’s Hospital was the first in the world to have their lung tumour treated using a unique procedure which avoids puncturing the skin.