Proposals to change NHS services in South London are one step closer to a public consultation after a vote by Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group. One of the proposals would see Croydon University Hospital downgraded to a “local hospital”, meaning replacement of its accident and emergency unit with an urgent care…
Figures published by Public Health England (PHE) reveal that Hackney has the highest level of measles in London. This comes as a national catch-up programme is launched to encourage MMR vaccinations as cases of measles continue to rise across the country. The PHE statistics claim that there have been twenty-eight…
At a meeting held at Sutton Civic Centre on Wednesday evening 24 April, councillors were unable to reach a decision on whether or not to approve the go-ahead for a waste incinerator on Beddington Lane. The vote resulted in an equal tie. Sutton’s council plan to build an incinerator within…
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At a meeting at Goldsmiths College on Thursday April 26 , speakers from the health professions and the local community restated their commitment to protect Lewisham Hospital services from being downgraded. Contributions at the meeting were made from invited guests and members of the public. Speakers sought to make connections…
A demonstration is expected in Croydon against the building of a waste incinerator at Beddington Lane on Wednesday evening 24 April. Campaigners plan to congregate outside the Sutton Civic Centre where the council is making the final decision on whether to go ahead with the project. Waste incineration is championed…
Hackney GP, Dr Jonathon Tomlinson, warns of “chaos and cuts” as the job of planning patient care moves into the hands of the newly established, Clinical Commissioning Groups, this week. Speaking on the BBC Today programme on Tuesday morning, Dr Tomlinson was discussing the likely affects of the Health and…
The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel is to offer routine HIV testing to patients in the accident and emergency department. The scheme, which begins this week, will be tested for a month and will give patients who already require a blood test the additional choice of an HIV test. The…
Tower Hamlets’ teenage pregnancy rates have dropped by more than 45 per cent since 1998, according to new figures. New data, released by the Office for National Statistics, show that pregnancy rates among 15-17 year-olds in the borough have seen a steady decline the last decade although the proportion of…
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Lewisham Hospital in the rain today to voice their opposition to the proposed downgrade of the institution’s emergency and maternity services. Tony O’Sullivan of the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign said: “It’s a real disgrace, to downgrade a very successful hospital with a very important part…
Campaigners have mounted a legal challenge of the Government decision to downgrade Lewisham Hospital’s maternity and emergency services. The challenge, made on March 12 by activist group Save Lewisham Hospital, relates specifically to Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt’s justification of the January decision. Jos Bell, spokesperson for the organisation, told…
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