A human chain thrown around the Homerton Hospital included some of Hackney’s most senior NHS staff who joined patients and others to protest at radical plans to overhaul the health service

A ‘Hands around the Homerton’ event is set to go ahead on Saturday 16 July in protest at the government’s Health and Social Care Bill

Health Protection Agency says upheaval caused by its abolition could pose ‘extreme risks’ during Olympic Games

Local doctors express concern over the coalition government’s proposed health and social care reforms

Smokers are being offered free nicotine gum and patches by the NHS to help them quit

Health body warns that the local area is lagging behind with vaccinations offering protection against cervical cancer

Find out more about free NHS dental services at two local events next week

Cameron’s NHS ‘reforms’ will work not in the interests of staff and patients, as he claims, but very much against them

The coalition government’s plans to shake up health services could be “potentially disastrous”

Clapton residents to get improved health facilities at new surgery