Emdad Rahman The 2018 East End Health Network Health Fair at the Idea Store Whitechapel was an even bigger success than the previous year as large crowds of local residents and visitors to the borough participated in a host of ...
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The EEHN Health Fair is back!
Emdad Rahman The 2018 East End Health Network Health Fair promises to be bigger and better, with more organisations holding stalls, providing specialised services and running insightful workshops focusing on – amongst other issues – diabetes and how to manage ...
Read More »Sugar tax is here – but will it cut obesity?
FROM TODAY – Friday, 6th April – there will be an extra tax on soft drinks which contain high levels of added sucrose (sugar). The tax has been put in place to reduce childhood obesity – but will it work? The ...
Read More »Campaigners explain opposition to GP at Hand
AS LOCAL health campaigners prepared to demonstrate in Chrisp Street Market on Thursday lunchtime, they have issued a new warning about why “on-line GPs” are bad news for patients. “There’s no place in East London for GP at hand,” they ...
Read More »TH KONP leaflet on “GP At Hand”
To see and/or download the TH KONP leaflet on GP at Hand, click here: GP at Hand – protest [Adverts]
Read More »Locals protest at arrival of online GP
LOCAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS are planning a demonstration against the unwelcome arrival of “GP at Hand” – an “online GP” service which has rented rooms in a surgery where the NHS has just shut down a conventional GP service. The health ...
Read More »Online GPs: checks find 40% failing
A NEW REPORT from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed that 40% of “online GP” companies are not providing safe care to their patients. The CQC established that there are 35 companies currently running online GP services in England. ...
Read More »New advice on what to do if your child is ill
NEW RESOURCES to help parents work out what to do if their child is ill have been launched in Tower Hamlets. Is this a way to reassure worried parents or part of a larger move to restrict access to NHS ...
Read More »Time to talk in Tower Hamlets
TOWER HAMLETS Council has launched its new Suicide Prevention Strategy 2018-21. The Strategy was launched on 1st February – national Time To Talk day, when people are encouraged to talk about mental health. The suicide rate in Tower Hamlets is ...
Read More »Thousands march as Tories struggle with NHS
TOWER HAMLETS Labour Party members were out on the streets of central London today – with thousands of others, marching to show their support for the NHS. They were protesting on the day the Tories came up with another cover ...
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