Posts Tagged ‘health’
Last surviving disinfecting station in England at risk, charity says
Hackney’s Grade II listed municipal disinfecting station, the last of its kind in England, has topped the Victorian Society’s list of the country’s most endangered buildings
Read MoreHackney has lowest meningitis B vaccine rate in London as parents share outbreak concerns
The meningitis outbreak which started in Kent spread to London last week
Read MoreMichael Morgan demystifies ‘hidden disease’ in new book ‘The Secret Life of Crohn’s’
Crohn’s disease is a life-changing chronic condition which affects around one in 123 people nationwide
Read MoreHomerton dietician warns of ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs
The London Assembly Health Committee heard that high demand for the drugs in London has forced consumers into buying counterfeit medicines
Read MoreNHS to close sexual health clinic serving City and Hackney
Homerton Hospital to shut clinic in October due to falling patient numbers post-pandemic and rent costs – despite Hackney remaining STI hotspot
Read MoreTen Blue Badges for each disabled parking bay in Hackney, data reveals
UK-wide research by finds 3.2 million permit holders across the nation but only 63,000 ‘accessible’ bays
Read MoreHundreds denied Blue Badges under ‘flawed policy’, council admits
Local government watchdog said council defied guidelines with scoring system that caused ‘injustice’
Read MoreGP funding boost to free up 55,000 more appointments in Hackney – council says
Local health chief says millions to refurbish two surgeries in borough will ‘take pressure off’ other local healthcare providers
Read MoreCuts to falls prevention service trigger Healthwatch ‘gagging’ row
Board member suspended after criticising director for supporting council’s scrapping of Staying Steady programme
Read MoreHealth campaigners urge councillors to speak out about ‘savage’ NHS cuts
Keep Our NHS Public says Labour is continuing ‘disastrous’ Tory plans
Read MoreTown Hall mulls options amid pleas to preserve St Mary’s Secret Garden
Campaigners are seeking to secure urban haven as a community asset after financial woes led to insolvency
Read More‘Abhorrent, unethical, harmful’: East London NHS Foundation Trust diagnoses ‘personality disorder’ in under-18s
‘We maintain that giving children a diagnosis that results in harm and worse treatment is controversial’
Read MoreBleeding Fabulous, Mark Ward, book review: ‘A heart-warming but cautionary tale’
This memoir of a haemophiliac caught up in the NHS’s infected blood scandal is ‘remarkable’
Read More‘Catastrophic’: Campaigners blast council over cuts to falls prevention service
Council tells residents that an NHS-funded service will continue for older people at higher risk
Read MoreDrug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens
Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour
Read MoreHomerton fertility centre’s licence restored following probe into embryo losses
Thirty-two patients were affected in three separate incidents at the centre last year
Read MoreMore than 800 young children were admitted to Homerton Hospital with breathing difficulties in 2023
Clean air campaigners call for removal of diesel vehicles to be expedited
Read More‘Absolute privilege’: East London health boss Lorraine Sunduza awarded OBE
Sunduza, chief executive of the East London NHS Foundation Trust, recognised for her work in mental and community health
Read MoreFifteen per cent of mental health patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E in January
The delays were partly down to a jump in the number of people who remain in hospital despite being ready for discharge
Read MoreThirty-two patients lost embryos in Homerton fertility centre incidents
The centre had its licence suspended in March after ‘three separate incidents’ in the preceding year
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