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The importance of overseas nurses is reflected in London North West University Healthcare’s NHS hospitals, which now employ staff from more than 40 countries.

There’s nothing like a night time dip in the briny as Dervla Ireland discovered after getting the green light to swim the English Channel.

Hospital governors thought Frederick Salmon was a pain in the backside when he resigned in protest at attempts to reinstate a system where surgical jobs were given to candidates with money and family connections rather than on medical merit.

More than 5,000 babies are born at Northwick Park every year but senior midwife Gina Acquah still remembers her first.

LNWH has been shortlisted for a national prize for its development and use of rapid testing so A&E staff can identify Covid-19 patients before they are admitted to hospital.

Sarah Kamal comes from a family of doctors but had no desire to follow in their footsteps.

The majority of people being treated in local hospitals for Covid-19 haven’t been vaccinated says one of the doctors treating them.

How many of today’s young doctors were inspired by the antics of Operation Ouch! growing up?

Looking forward to going abroad? Victoria Parris does although it rarely involves a sun lounger or the beach.

‘You never know what’s round the corner, do you?’ says water polo player Toula Falvey who went from training with the national team to barely being able to walk in the space of a few hours.