The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visited Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust’s major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital to learn more about a programme which aims to tackle youth gang violence.
The Youth Violence Intervention Programme brings specialist youth workers from Redthread, an organisation that has experience helping children and young people change their risky lifestyles, into the major trauma centre to connect with the victims and perpetrators of violence.
During the tour Mr Khan found out more about the work being done to help young victims of violence .
He was shown round the Paddington hospital’s A&E resuscitation area and the major trauma centre by Dr Tracey Batten, chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Dr Asif Rahman, consultant in adult and paediatric emergency medicine.
Also visiting was Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, who led a roundtable discussion bringing together police, health and community safety professionals to discuss the barriers and opportunities for tackling knife crime in London.
