Posts Tagged ‘health’
Shift some weight and spring into summer
Lose some pounds and stay healthy: what to eat, what to reduce – and what to avoid
Read MoreHealth agency issues Olympics emergency warning
Health Protection Agency says upheaval caused by its abolition could pose ‘extreme risks’ during Olympic Games
Read MoreHackney GPs speak out against government’s ‘destruction’ of the NHS
Local doctors express concern over the coalition government’s proposed health and social care reforms
Read MorePopularity should not dictate public health policy
Andrew Lansley’s moves on tobacco are welcome – but waiting for a swing in public opinion to act is the counsel of despair
Read MoreKicking the habit: Hackney residents get free help to quit smoking
Smokers are being offered free nicotine gum and patches by the NHS to help them quit
Read MoreHackney girls aged 12 – 18 urged to have their HPV jab
Health body warns that the local area is lagging behind with vaccinations offering protection against cervical cancer
Read MoreGet your teeth to a dentist, says Hackney NHS
Find out more about free NHS dental services at two local events next week
Read MoreNHS changes: David Cameron’s dodgy prescription
Cameron’s NHS ‘reforms’ will work not in the interests of staff and patients, as he claims, but very much against them
Read MoreNightingale Practice redevelopment begins
Clapton residents to get improved health facilities at new surgery
Read MoreDiane Abbott takes up shadow junior ministerial position
MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington says she is honoured to play a part in rebuilding the Labour party
Read MoreMesothelioma: Hospice wins landmark victory in asbestos cancer case
Court decision to make engineering firm pay £10,000 towards care of victim to open door for more claims from hospices
Read MoreArt and the brain
Kate Kellaway admires an exhibition of artworks exploring the experience of neurological damage
Read MoreHackney NHS and MP highlight TB danger
World TB Day, Wednesday 24 March 2010
Read MoreDon’t let your Valentine’s gift be chlamydia, says Hackney NHS
Free, painless, confidential testing that you can do yourself
Read MoreHackney policeman receives Una Padel Award
Former psychiatric nurse honoured as mental health champion
Read MoreGet jabs to prevent cervical cancer, says Hackney NHS
Screening and vaccination choices highlighted, Prevention Week 24 – 30 January
Read MoreLocal health watchdog elects new team
Hackney LINk is the borough’s new watchdog for health and social care services
Read MoreMP calls on healthcare body to listen to “critical voices”
An MP has criticised a healthcare body after it emerged it was refusing to investigate concerns about its TB services
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