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On Monday 10 July, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust published an engagement document which sets out scenarios for the future of the Trust beyond 2020.

Epsom and St Helier hospitals held their Annual Public Meeting recently, giving local residents and staff the opportunity to discuss the recent launch of the Epsom and St Helier 2020-2030 engagement campaign, and to voice any questions or concerns that they had about our hospital’s future.

St Helier Hospital is about to undergo a huge £12 million project to improve the comfort of patients, reduce carbon emissions and strengthen the exterior of the hospital.

Local people are invited to learn more about Epsom and St Helier hospitals and put their questions to the Trust Board at the upcoming Annual Public Meeting, due to be held at St Helier Hospital on Friday 14 July from 9am.

As part of Catheter Care Awareness Week (20-24 June) experts from Epsom and St Helier hospitals will be hosting a special drop-in event for all catheter users and their carers.

St Helier Hospital’s enormous rooftop water tanks, which provide  80-90% of the hospital’s non-drinking water, have just undergone a £1.5m overhaul.

Local people are being asked to put their green fingers and eye for a funny photograph to the test, as part of a new fundraising campaign for the Neonatal Unit at St Helier Hospital.

Two new canine recruits have joined the team on the dedicated children’s ward at Epsom Hospital and will be visiting every week to help calm anxious young patients and take their minds off their illness or condition.