In the first full financial year since this Coalition Government took office (2011/12), the NHS cut £5.8 billion from its spending. Some of these “efficiency savings” were made by finding cheaper prices for things the NHS had to buy, but ...
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Hammer & Claw Feast dances to Dalston
Feeling hungry? Then head down to Farr’s School of Dancing in Dalston. No, we haven’t got our wires crossed: Farr’s is an upmarket pub in Dalston which takes its name from the dance school which previously occupied the premises where ...
Read More »Barts Health adds HIV tests in critical care
This time last year, a six month pilot programme at the Royal London hospital came to an end. The pilot involved offering all patients in the adult critical care unit the opportunity to have their blood tested for HIV. Out of ...
Read More »Local people invited to have their say
Two local hospitals – the Royal London and Mile End – are looking for patient panels. No, they aren’t cladding their walls in calm wood: they’re looking for patients (old, new or potential) to join human panels to “raise and ...
Read More »Factory floor shapes up for Oval Space
Factory Floor have curated an extra special line up of DJs and live acts for what looks to be a very exciting night at Oval Space on Thursday, 15th May. The event includes Perc, an internationally touring DJ, label owner ...
Read More »Islamophobic crime soars under opposition parties’ relentless Lutfur-bashing
Metropolitan Police Service crime figures up to the end of March 2014 show that incidents classed as “Islamophobic crime” have nearly tripled, from 17 to 50 individual incidents. The increase coincides with the period of time in which Labour and ...
Read More »Opposition parties’ timing drains Council coffers (a bit)
The BBC’s Panorama programme is in the news again. The allegations aired during the programme were not new: the “documentary” referred to Council grants made several months ago. Viewers saw former Labour Leader Cllr Josh Peck say that he was “pretty ...
Read More »Barts puts secondary service in first place
Of the 50,000 women and 400 men diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the UK, an unknown number will go on to develop secondary breast cancer – cancer that has spread beyond the breast or armpit to other parts ...
Read More »Mayor Lutfur Rahman promotes labour rights
The elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, joined with construction workers and trade unionists to take part in International Workers Memorial Day on Monday, 28th April. The Mayor laid a wreath at the Building Worker statue in Tower Hill ...
Read More »Let’s market happen!
Next month, the council will call on new traders and budding entrepreneurs to try out a market stall for just £10 per day as part of the Love Your Local Market fortnight, which runs from 14-28th May. Led by the ...
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