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The Barts Health NHS Trust has been trying out a new way of getting feedback on its services from its patients and their friends and relatives. They’ve been holding Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) – an annual, mandatory ...

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has been looking at who is coming to them to complain about poor service – and, alarmingly, it has found that South Asian and Muslim women are less likely to complain about their NHS ...

Rabina Khan – known to us in Tower Hamlets as Cllr Khan, Member for Shadwell and Cabinet Member for Housing and Development – was named Hero of the Year at the European Diversity Awards on 2nd October. The award was ...

Tower Hamlets Council has been working with partners in the health service and the community to help people join the national “Stopober” initiative and stop smoking. Smoking accounts for over 100,000 deaths in the UK each year and it is ...

The World Land Trust (WLT), the international conservation charity, is putting the spotlight on big cats during Big Cat Big Match Fortnight in October. During the first two weeks of October, donations to WLT’s Big Cat Appeal will be matched ...

On Friday, 3rd October around 500 experts from London tech and business industries are expected to bed down for the night in Potters Fields Park. They will be joined by staff from hundreds of similar companies who will sleep rough ...

Drinking and driving will often lead to tragedy, with devastating consequences for the driver or an innocent victim. Behind the tragedy will be an insurance company picking up the pieces, paid for by the mass of motorists who do not ...

Are you planning an autumn caravan holiday? What’s on your packing checklist? Whether it’s “bikini, sun screen and fluffy towel” or “wellies, umbrella and board games”, don’t forget to add “carbon monoxide check”. There are many activities that campers enjoy ...

It was third time lucky for tiddlers and toddlers who went to the street party at Around Poplar Children Centre last week. This was the third party, organised by Tower Hamlets Council and the Children’s Centres Parents Forum – the ...

A celebration event took place last Thursday to thank residents who helped create a new map showing the borough’s most-valued community assets. Tower Hamlets Council recruited 28 volunteers and helped train them in how to research the views and experiences ...