Posts Tagged ‘health’
Hackney among worst boroughs in London for health inequality, new figures show
Only residents in Tower Hamlets and Haringey spend longer in ill health, as Town Hall cites ‘financial deprivation’ and better life expectancy
Read MoreDiane Abbott reveals she has type 2 diabetes and hits out at ‘vicious and negative’ Tory campaign
Hackney MP tells of health condition and blasts Theresa May for singling her out as part of the Conservatives’ campaign
Read More‘They helped me get my smile back’: NHS manager Mandy Stevens praises Hackney mental health staff
Stoke Newington resident speaks candidly about depression that ‘ripped the heart and soul out of me’ following treatment at City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health
Read MoreBrain injury survivors show their artistic sides with first public exhibition at Stratford Circus
Artists are all members of Headway, a Hackney-based charity that provides specialist support for the multitude of effects that can result from a serious brain injury
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney Council sprays around 1,200 litres of glyphosate in the borough each year
Weedkiller is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ according to World Health Organisation, but Town Hall says it has been declared safe by the EU
Read MoreMulberry University Technical College to open for September ’17 enrolment
The new building in Bow will have a range of creative and digital and healthcare facilities, from labs to studios and even a theatre
Read MoreQuitters a ‘priority’ but council failing to kick its own tobacco habit
No cuts to Stop Smoking services in Hackney despite council investing millions in tobacco through pension fund
Read MoreShadow health secretary Diane Abbott slams ‘sorry saga’ as junior doctors reject new contract
‘Disappointing we still do not have contract that junior doctors feel able to support’
Read MoreDiane Abbott: Guarantee NHS workers from EU countries the right to remain in UK
Shadow Secretary of State for Health told Homerton University Hospital staff that EU workers’ contributions were ‘invaluable’ to the NHS
Read MoreStik art sale raises £32,500 at Christie’s auction for Hope charity at Homerton Hospital
‘I never expected we’d get so much,’ said Stik
Read More‘Hidden’ report reveals air pollution at 27 Hackney schools over EU limits
Primary schools in most deprived boroughs – including Hackney – tend on average to be more exposed to poor air quality, report finds
Read MoreStephen Staunton's 'dramas of colour' make Headway in Bethnal Green this month
Stephen Staunton started painting his ‘patchwork dramas of colour’ after he sustained a brain injury
Read MoreHomerton Hospital spends £2 million on pathology lab that was never built
Trust claims no money has been wasted in spite of the fact the project is at a standstill
Read MorePesticide Free Hackney campaigners urge council to stop using ‘toxic chemicals’
Council faces calls to rid Hackney of pesticides but remains committed to following government guidance on weed control
Read MoreHomerton junior doctors strike for fourth time over new contracts
48-hour junior doctors’ strike leads to over 5,000 operations and procedures cancelled nationally
Read MoreNumber of Hackney children ‘in need’ rises by almost a third
Over one thousand children at risk of abuse or neglect at home, new figures also show
Read MoreJunior doctors strike for third time over new contracts
Medics at Homerton Hospital come out in force as 5,000 operations cancelled across England
Read MoreJunior doctors in 24-hour strike as majority of public supports action
Second walk-out this year over Jeremy Hunt’s new contracts
Read MoreStanding up for Hackney’s sex workers
Georgina Perry talks about sex workers and the challenges that face them
Read MoreArtist Stik supports junior doctors’ strike at Homerton Hospital
‘The NHS is very vulnerable – we need to look after it, because it looks after us.’
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