Health

We all know the old joke about doctors having poor handwriting: but it’s come to something when confused communication spreads across the whole NHS – and then jumps the species barrier from handwritten to computer generated copy, as is the ...

Dear ELN, Here at the London Assembly we are doing some work to find out more about how Londoners access their GP. As a London-wide Assembly Member I am particularly interested to hear the views of the Bangladeshi community across ...

There is some tension between London’s Tory mayor Boris Johnson and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA), which has oversight of how the London Fire Brigade is run. Boris collects the money that funds the fire service: as ...

With Ramadan fast approaching, the Barts Health Diabetes Care Centre is holding a series of advice sessions to encourage safe fasting across Tower Hamlets. The main risk for anyone who fasts is hypoglycaemia (or “hypo” for short), which is when ...

Cornelia Baltes is hanging out in the maternity unit of the Royal London Hospital: not because she is lingering over performing the usual event the unit’s visitors expect to perform, but because she is the artist who has created new ...

Downton Abbey star Jim Carter will take part in a charity cycling ride in Madagascar this autumn in support of Richard House Children’s Hospice, of which he is a patron. The route will take cyclists through the heart of Madagascar, ...

Local artists are excited to see new artwork filling the white space on the walls of the new dental hospital. Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren has produced Constructing a New World to display at the site. The work was commissioned by ...

Patients and students in London’s East End are set to benefit as the UK’s first new dental school and hospital in nearly 40 years – the £78 million Royal London Dental Hospital – officially opens its doors this week. The ...

The Royal College of Nursing took part in the NHS Day of Action on 5th June. NHS staff have had their pay frozen for three years, and this year the Government has said it will give some NHS workers just ...

Public Health England and a leading health charity have joined forces in a new campaign to tackle one of the biggest health issues facing England and a growing issue for ethnic minority communities. The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends initiative aims ...