Posts Tagged ‘health’
Number of mental health emergencies spikes
Help hotline gets more calls as ambulances struggle to cope
Read MoreSwimmers take the plunge with new dementia-friendly classes
Award-winning scheme making waves comes to Hackney
Read More‘Most chicken shops are just in it for the money’: healthy food vans tackle child obesity
Riojaes Caribbean street food van serving healthy food a hit with schoolchildren
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden grows with generous Hackney Giving
Garden of healing gets a new lease of life on its 25-year anniversary
Read More12 Hackney GP surgeries threatened with closure because of government cuts
Warning changes to funding set-up will hit poor areas like Hackney and Tower Hamlets particularly hard
Read MoreDiscover Sunstone Women – join us for our Open Evening
Join us on Wednesday 30 April – find out about our discounts on beauty treatments, swimwear and membership – and enter our free prize draw, with a top prize of three months membership FREE
Read MoreNew base for Mildmay hospital that combats stigma around HIV
Times are changing for the historic organisation with the opening of its new home next month
Read MoreOver 200 absconders from Hackney’s John Howard Centre in last 13 years
Charity Sane warns of pressure on mental health centres
Read MoreAre you running right?
Free talk for runners to ensure maximum performance while avoiding injury
Read MoreHackney has highest male lung and bladder cancer death rates in London
Smoking and air pollution blamed for diseases as charity fumes at ‘invisible public health crisis’
Read MoreThe journey to an improved you
Sunstone Women fitness manager Jade Hall gives advice on keeping those new year’s resolutions
Read MoreBump Buddies scheme for ‘at risk’ pregnant women
Initiative funded by City and Hackney NHS aims to connect women
Read MoreWhy ‘hip’ fixed gear cycling is on its knees
Riding a ‘fixie’ could have hidden health effects
Read MoreGP social enterprise CHUHSE unseats Harmoni to run out-of-hours services in Hackney
Private healthcare provider fails in bid to win multi-million pound contract
Read MoreHalf of Hackney kids have not seen an NHS dentist in two years
Borough bottom out of all healthcare areas in England
Read MoreHackney’s St Joseph’s Hospice gets five stars from patients
Institution has come far since it was established by Irish nuns in 1900
Read MoreHigh alert after Hackney named measles hotspot
Rates of diagnosis in borough three times higher than in any other London area
Read MoreHorsemeat scandal hits poorest hardest says Hackney MP
Shadow Health Minister Diane Abbott highlights impact on low-income households as meat health scare continues
Read MoreHackney Friends of the Earth highlights air pollution problems
Air pollution is an invisible threat we should not hide from says local eco campaign group
Read MoreStill shining ten years on
The founders of Shine Holistic in Stoke Newington reflect on ten years in the hair, beauty and complementary health business
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