WES STREETING MP, Secretary of State for Health, has announced that the NHS is “broken” – and he has a Baldrick-style “Cunning Plan” to mend it. What Streeting hasn’t confessed is that it wasn’t the Tories who broke the NHS ...
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Don’t go to Harlow – just Be Well at home
HARLOW IS miles away from East London, but apparently the Harlow & District Sports Trust runs a place called the Harlow Leisurezone – and they have found time to comment on some recent research. Someone has looked into how often ...
Read More »Cheese alert: two recalls of danger products
TWO companies have recalled their cheese products this week after discovering that they pose a danger to the health of anyone who might consume them. The first set of dodgy products is a range of cheeses from Dnnes Stores. There ...
Read More »Peanut allergy? Seriously: avoid mustard
A NEW and serious reminder to people who have a peanut allergy comes from the Food Standards Agency (FSA): keep avoiding food which list mustard as an ingredient. It was way back on 20th September when the FSA first warned ...
Read More »Help get Whipps Cross Hospital back on track
JUST WHEN you think you’ve got a new hospital well on track, along comes a new Government which shunts it into the sidings. It doesn’t matter how much consultation you’ve had or why you need it: the Minister wants to ...
Read More »What’s happening to Tower Hamlets GPs?
By Carol Saunders for Tower Hamlets Keep Our NHS Public TOWER HAMLETS Keep Our NHS, together with GPs from the borough’s Local Medical Committee, jointly hosted a really successful public meeting at the Bernie Cameron Community Centre in Bow on ...
Read More »London heads antibiotic resistant infection league
YIKES! Do you remember the warnings in recent years about not taking too many antibiotics (especially for conditions they cannot cure)? The predicted consequences are here – and London is coming off worst. Antibiotics were a miracle drug. They killed ...
Read More »Women take over the Tiller
We spoke to Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukdar, Cabinet Member for Education, Youth and Lifelong Learning and councillor for Canary Wharf ward about the women’s takeover of the Tiller Road Be Well Centre. “Lutfur Rahman promised,” said Cllr Talukdar, “and ...
Read More »Come and learn about health and housing
AFTER YEARS OF campaigning, it looks like politicians are finally acknowledging the need for more housing in the UK – particularly social housing. And after similar years of grassroots campaigning, politicians are also recognising how important – and underfunded – ...
Read More »Teacher To Launch New Book After Life Saving Surgery
Emdad Rahman Local school teacher and mother Ashla Abrahams is a first time writer who is passionate about creating resources that support families facing serious health challenges. After undergoing life preserving surgery and a long recovery journey Ashla found that ...
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