Health

As the UK’s top GP warned that GP services are the latest part of the NHS to reach crisis point, concerns are growing that the Conservative Government is losing its grip on this flagship public service. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ...

The NHS is probably the best loved public institution in Tower Hamlets – but campaigners have stressed that it is once again under threat from government cuts and their attempts to use it to channel money into the private sector. ...

Mo Haque Channel S (Sky 814) and the Beani Bazar Cancer & General Hospital have teamed up to help me, Mo Haque, by organising a live TV appeal on 9th November, from 6pm to 1am. This a last push to ...

The annual report of the General Medical Council (GMC) has warned that there is “a state of unease within the medical profession across the UK that risks affecting patients as well as doctors.” The GMC added that the dispute between ...

East London MP Diane Abbott MP led the condemnations of the Government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy, published today, dismissing it as a missed opportunity. The Strategy is one of the first pieces of Government domestic policy published by new Prime Minister ...

Jim Fitzpatrick may be out of step with his Party’s choice of Leader, but he is remarkably in tune with other MPs on the question of physiotherapy provision for people with muscular dystrophy. Muscular Dystrophy UK, a charity which provides ...

Hackney South MP Meg Hillier has accused the Government of taking too little responsibility for ensuring that schools have enough trained teachers. Ms Hillier was speaking as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, which has released a report identifying that ...

Jack Allen celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Happy birthday, Jack – 90 is a great achievement. But although he was celebrating, and looking forward, Jack took time out to take a birthday gift to the people who made it ...

NHS England has announced that it is to invest £2 million to reduce inequalities at work. Part of the money will pay for 75 “champions” to help NHS Trusts tackle racism. The news comes as a new report from the ...

The local NHS has issued its usual warning to those intending to observe Ramadan to take care of their health while fasting. Doctors warn it is particularly important to be careful this year as Ramadan will take place when the ...