THE NEWS that Whipps Cross Hospital is to be re-built was welcomed by everyone in East London – but as soon as the move was announced, campaigners began to press for the plans to include safeguards to benefit the local ...
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Rally to stop cuts to new Whipps Cross Hospital
WHAT A TIME to be cutting the number of hospital beds available in the East End! Who thought of that one? No wonder local health activists are jumping up and down – and holding a Zoom meeting tomorrow to discuss ...
Read More »Will new Whipps Cross Hospital cut beds?
HOSPITAL PATIENTS in Waltham Forest have long felt the poor relation in the Barts NHS Trust family – with a hospital that is well overdue for refurbishment. Now a Whipps Cross Hospital is to be delivered. Boris Johnson promised, before ...
Read More »Campaigners call for new Whipps Cross Hospital
“IT’S TOO LITTLE, too late” claim East London health campaigners in response to Boris Johnson’s cash handout to the NHS. With the Labour Party revealing doubts that the funding includes any new money, health activists say that in any event, ...
Read More »This virtual winter wonderland helps sick children
CAN’T GET THE KINDS off “Minecraft”? Wish the family could do something together over Christmas? Are you yearning to explore a Winter Wonderland – but stay safe at the same time? This could be your answer. Great Ormond Street Hospital ...
Read More »East London at rock bottom on fracture prevention
WE HAVE LONG known that people living in East London suffer from bad health – not least because of poverty and discrimination in our area. Now we have learned about another challenge we face. The Royal Osteoporosis Society (ROS) has ...
Read More »Pathology: for the public, not for profit say campaigners
NHS USERS and trade union members are warning that the decision by South East London GPs to privatise medical testing may reduce standards. It will also shovel taxpayers’ money into the back pockets of a private sector company – at ...
Read More »Can Royal London Hospital cope with Covid?
AS THE SECOND wave of COVID-19 sweeps the country, concerns have been raised over whether one of East London’s major hospitals is coping with COVID-19-related admissions. On 29th December, the Barts Health NHS Trust announced that its hospitals were treating ...
Read More »Campaigns ask for support for health and climate justice
THE CLIMATE JUSTICE movement hasn’t gone away – it’s just waiting an extra year for the next international climate conference – COP26, due to be held in Glasgow next November. COVID-19 put paid to the original plan to hold the ...
Read More »Tune in to show support for Waltham Forest NHS workers
WE ALL appreciate what our health and care workers are going through – as the weekly “clap for the NHS” at 8pm on Thursdays shows. They are not just doing their jobs but going above and beyond as they care ...
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