Health

NHS ENGLAND has embarked on a bizarre consultation document with the grand title of Conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care: A consultation on guidance for CCGs. Translated into real English, this ...

JONATHAN DIMBLEBY is usually connected with serious political programmes on TV or the radio – but once a year he gets into his tracksuit and walks to raise money for a cancer charity set up in 1966 in memory of ...

THE HEAD OF THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Janet Davies, has called on the Government to “lift the NHS out of this dangerous and downward spiral.” She was referring to information received by the BBC which shows that thousands ...

IF YOUR NEW YEAR’S resolutions included stopping using tobacco – by smoking or by chewing – Tower Hamlets Council is offering the support which could be crucial to helping you to quit for good. With Tower Hamlets having one of ...

Emdad Rahman MUSIKALEIGH, a magical musical family event with songs from favourite movies and featuring the East London Symphony Orchestra, has been organised as a childhood cancer awareness and family fun fundraiser for Kaleigh Lau. Kaleigh is an East London youngster ...

Muhammad Ismael A MIXTURE OF young and old Beanibazar Sporting Club players joined Sylhet rivals Bishwanath East London to take part in a football game to support a Cancer charity. Beani Bazar Cancer Hospital (BBCH) is a charity based in ...

WE ALL HOPE that no child we know will ever have to go to hospital for heart surgery. But we know that if the worst comes to the worst, there are world class facilities in London that can save young ...

Maruf Ahmed AT THE PACKED weekly Friday Jumuah prayers, Poplar Shahjalal Mosque hosted an information session to help raise awareness of Dementia. The Dementia Friends programme, led by Emdad Rahman, was attended by over 300 people and accompanied the Imam’s Friday ...

DIANE ABBOTT, Shadow Home Secretary and MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, has taken a key step towards helping end the stigma surrounding dementia. Earlier this week she became a Dementia Friend. Diane joined five peers from her team ...

EAST LONDON health campaigners will be going for a healthy walk in Ilford this weekend, but it’s a walk with a purpose. They will be demonstrating against plans to close the Accident & Emergency (A&E) department at the local King ...