Health

THE LAST weekend in August is always a bank holiday – but it still catches many of us out when it comes to healthcare. Regular NHS users need to plan – and the rest of us need to be aware ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury “One won’t hurt” – that’s the way social smokers put it. Just 15.5% of the UK population smokes, yet 24% smoke “socially”. A study has revealed that over a quarter of Brits smoke recreationally, while the majority state ...

DATA ON NHS performance released today shows that Theresa May’s Government is running down the NHS at the expense of patients – and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has warned that UK NHS patients cannot afford another year of Theresa May. ...

Md Ismael THE TOWER HAMLETS Muslim Staff Forum (THMSF) held a Dementia Friends awareness session during a lunchtime seminar in the council chambers at Mulberry Place. The session was delivered by Dementia Friends Champion Emdad Rahman, from the Attendance and ...

A VACCINATION against the human papilloma virus (HPV) is currently offered to all girls aged between 12 and 13 as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme. Now the Government has refused to extend the offer to boys. Girls were ...

THE GOVERNMENT has just released a new Tobacco Control Plan – an updated strategy for reducing the number of smokers in the UK. The Plan has been welcomed by the charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) – but with ...

A LEADING doctor has calculated that the increase in life expectancy – which the UK has experienced for 100 years – has begun to slow. The rate of increase has nearly halved since 2010, and government austerity policies may be ...

PUPILS AT Manorfield primary school in Tower Hamlets launched their edible playground last week. No – they’re not down on their knees gnawing at the tarmac. The pupils are growing fruit and veg – and scoffing it when it’s ready for ...

THE NHS IS one of the first organisations to feel the cold wind of Brexit breezing through its corridors. Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – the first, necessary, step towards ...

Emdad Rahman GOOD LIVING AND health was firmly on the agenda as the East End Health Network (EEHN) held a community health fair in partnership with the Idea Store in Whitechapel.  There were activities and information was provided on Healthwatch ...