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Posts Tagged ‘Homerton Hospital’

Keep NHS land for NHS use, say campaigners over St Leonard’s Hospital sell-off fears

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 January 2023 at 12:16
Hackney Keep Our NHS Public campaigners at outside the Town Hall

Council should call on the government for more funding for buildings upkeep, according to Hackney Keep Our NHS Public

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‘Expressing solidarity’: Campaigners gather outside Homerton Hospital in support of national nursing strikes

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 16 December 2022 at 10:43

Despite nurses at the hospital narrowly missing out on joining the action, supporters still turned up to demand better pay for them

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‘Like losing a mother’: Hackney councillors unite to remember a Queen who ‘defined modern Britain’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 15 September 2022 at 16:23

Politicians from all parties used their full council meeting to pay tribute to the late monarch

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Homerton Hospital’s support for staff during pandemic sees it nominated for national award

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 12 September 2022 at 16:26
Homerton Hospital

The local NHS trust’s director of people said the hospital is ‘immensely proud’

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Homerton Hospital’s new chief executive vows to ‘maintain its reputation for excellence’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 June 2022 at 17:19

Louise Ashley once worked in the Homerton’s children’s wards as a nurse, and rejoins having turned around the fortunes of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

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Elderly patient switched off home oxygen supply to save money on electricity, local health boss reveals

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 June 2022 at 14:25

Staff member at GP practice was in tears after woman explained she couldn’t afford to run the system

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Homerton Hospital boss warns it will take ‘months, not weeks’ to replace staff at beleaguered fertility unit

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 May 2022 at 19:03
Homerton Hospital

Acting chief executive Dylan Jones urges patients to get in touch with concerns after staff shortages forced the hospital to pause treatment

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Six patients with monkeypox are being treated at Homerton Hospital

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 May 2022 at 15:11
Homerton Hospital

Medics say virus ‘does not spread easily’ and the risk to the general population is ‘low’

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Saved for next time: Covid documents to be archived for ‘future generations’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 12 May 2022 at 14:45
L to R clinical leads Gemma Davies, Gemma Evans at Hackney vaccination centre with Jane Tyler, vaccines volunteering manager, Volunteer Centre Hackney

The plans and operational paperwork will be kept available, should future public health officials need to learn lessons from the two-year crisis

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‘Hackney still not past Omicron peak,’ warn local medics

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 28 April 2022 at 13:18
Covid-19 test

Doctors estimate that 8.2 per cent of local residents had Covid last week

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‘My life is on hold’: Women waiting for fertility treatment at Homerton Hospital speak out over delays

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 6 April 2022 at 14:03
Homerton Hospital

Hospital apologises for distress caused by ‘extraordinary and unforeseen operational challenges’

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‘The pandemic has not gone away,’ warns Hackney’s public health boss

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 31 March 2022 at 15:00
Dr Sandra Husbands

Cases in City and Hackney have risen by nearly a quarter in the last week

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Homerton Hospital forced to cancel operations as staff come down with Covid

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 30 March 2022 at 15:05
Homerton Hospital

Cases are up 24 per cent in Hackney according to the latest set of figures

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‘The NHS is our most vital asset’: Hackney illustrator donates series of artworks to Homerton Hospital

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 17:28

Jane Smith has gifted a number of illustrations and linocuts in tribute to the health service and the Homerton’s longstanding art programme

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‘Strong about-turn’: Covid cases rise in Hackney following the lifting of restrictions

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 March 2022 at 13:34
Covid-19 test

‘If these figures do continue they are signalling a very, very unwelcome change of trend’

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Hundreds of frontline workers at Homerton Hospital at risk of losing their jobs as deadline for mandatory vaccines approaches

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 18:46
Homerton Hospital

Close to 350 staff have still not had their first jab as hospital bosses continue persuasion efforts

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Homerton Hospital boss says number of Covid patients may be ‘plateauing’ – but staff pressures still ‘tight’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 January 2022 at 13:29

Tracey Fletcher said medics were ‘expecting a pretty dire weekend’ but actually cases ‘seemed to level out’

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Centuries-old stained glass windows discovered at Homerton Hospital after ‘decades in the dark’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 6 January 2022 at 13:54

The ‘truly amazing’ roundels have been restored and put on display after being unearthed in a store room

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Covid patients fill four wards at Homerton Hospital as 300 staff self-isolate

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 4 January 2022 at 17:47
Homerton Hospital

Close to 100 patients have the virus, but spokesman says they are ‘not as critically ill’

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Homerton Hospital’s chief executive to move on next spring after nine years at the helm

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 21 December 2021 at 20:12

Tracey Fletcher is set to take up a similar role at East Kent’s NHS Trust

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