Posts Tagged ‘health’
‘Going to people works’: Pop-up vaccine clinics coming to two Hackney estates
Kingsmead and Clapton Park estates to take part in pilot scheme as vaccine push continues
Read MoreNHS launches local campaign in three languages to promote its app among minority groups
Video shot in Somali, Romanian and Bengali is designed to improve access to health information
Read MoreYouth groups and synagogues join vaccine drive – as take-up among young adults ‘falls off a cliff’
Even extremely vulnerable people are suffering from ‘vaccine fatigue’, according to local health director
Read MoreBiggest employers in City and Hackney asked to offer Covid vaccines at the office
Night clubs, pubs and restaurants are also being approached as health bosses try to improve uptake
Read MoreTown Hall block-books hotel rooms for people who cannot self-isolate at home
Move follows £81k grant from government for pilot scheme designed to reduce spread of Covid
Read MoreHackney awarded £1m to help tackle effects of substance abuse
Borough is one of eight pilot areas picked out for funding by new Home Office initiative
Read MorePatient has wrong side of thyroid removed during surgery at Homerton Hospital
Error is one of a number of serious incidents reported by the hospital in its latest quality review
Read MoreCoronavirus: Homerton staff go ‘extra mile’ to stay with dying patients in their final moments
Staff stayed with dying covid patients at the Homerton Hospital in Hackney when the pandemic meant visitors were not able to be with them at their last moments, a senior doctor said. Dr Isabella Harrod said a review of the 379 people who died due to covid at the hospital between April 2020 and March 2021 showed very clearly…
Read MorePlans for crumbling St Leonard’s Hospital could involve parts of Grade-II listed building being sold for housing
Controversial Whipps Cross sell-off being looked at as a ‘template’
Read MoreMedics to prioritise 17,000 unvaccinated and vulnerable people in City and Hackney
Health workers concerned about the number of people not coming forward for a second dose
Read More‘Missing cohort’: Health inequality playing out through long Covid cases, data suggests
A number of ethnicities are underrepresented in long Covid statistics
Read MoreNew health alliance sparks ‘grave concern’ over Homerton Hospital’s independence
Councillors say any change in governance would be met with an ‘awful lot of resistance’
Read MoreHackney GPs ‘denying access to patients’ by insisting on proof of ID, local health watchdog finds
Healthwatch Hackney says nearly two thirds of practices go against NHS policy by requesting proof of ID or address from prospective patients
Read MoreTargeted testing announced in Dalston and Shoreditch after Indian variant discovered
Residents over the age of 16 in the affected areas asked to take PCR test even if they are symptom-free
Read MoreContentious pathology lab merger should make ‘no difference’ to patients, says Homerton Hospital
Local health watchdog remains concerned that reorganisation ‘may result in poorer service’
Read MoreTown Hall set to merge wellbeing services for everyone under the age of 25
Move ‘could deliver efficiency savings alongside improvements’, according to council report
Read MoreCovid vaccines are safe – Hackney’s public health boss reassures residents
Dr Sandra Husbands encourages residents to get the vaccine when offered it
Read MoreLocal students ‘go above and beyond’ to bolster their college’s Covid testing scheme
Health and social care learners at New City College have grabbed the chance to put their training into practice
Read MoreRemote medical services could ‘disenfranchise’ patients, councillors warn
Members of health scrutiny committee fear older people, disabled people and those with no internet access may be ‘forgotten about’
Read MoreCaptain Tom cash to help fund wellbeing programme for Homerton Hospital staff
The efforts of the late NHS hero will see relaxation rooms and snack trolleys become permanent fixtures
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