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After six years and £1bn in public funds Whitechapel’s new Royal London Hospital opened its doors on Thursday with the start of a one-month arts festival.

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Hackney’s clinical commissioning group has joined that of Tower Hamlets in turning against against the Government’s Health and Social Care Bill. (more…)

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As Rare Disease Day launches, figures show Tower Hamlets is still one of the worst affected places in the country for the killer infection tuberculosis.

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Doctors in charge of implementing the government’s Health and Social Care Bill in Tower Hamlets have written to David Cameron demanding the bill be scrapped.

Tower Hamlets’ Clinical Commissioning Group was chosen this month to pilot the government’s reforms but is now the first in the country to speak out openly against them. (more…)

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Hackney residents and health workers joined a national campaign outside the House of Lords on Wednesday in protest over proposed NHS reforms.

The demo, organised by the Hackney division of ‘Keep Our NHS Public’, took place while the controversial Health and Social Care Bill was being scrutinised by the chamber.

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A number of new psychiatric Liaison Services for older people will launch accross east London, the NHS anounced yesterday. (more…)

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Lewisham NHS Trust has launched a new scheme for residents in the borough with learning difficulties. (more…)

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Croydon University Hospital spent only an average of £1.73 per meal on food for patients last year, new figures show. (more…)

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Patient satisfaction levels at many GP practices in Hackney are lower than the London average, new figures reveal. (more…)

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Hackney residents over the age of 50 are being offered the chance to sign up for a free place on a 12 week healthy lifestyle training programme as part of The New Age Games 2012 initiative.

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